My best friend, Ariel

We volunteer regularly at a cageless, no-kill cat shelter. If you love cats like we do, it's the best place in the whole world to sit on the floor. If there's one thing cats love, it's an empty lap. As you can see, it doesn't stay empty for long.

Ariel gets some lovin'

The biggest part of our job as volunteers is to help socialize the cats and acclimate them to people talking to them and petting them. We work with all kinds of cats, some with histories so terrible it makes you want to cry.

Woo! Ariel hits the sweet spot

It's amazing to see a scared, undersocialized cat transform into an affectionate, cuddly friend over the shortest period of time here. The shelter is an awesome place, and the cats live a happy, secure life here until they find their forever homes.