I’m blessed to have a helpmate who helps. The Puritans referred to their wives as goodwives. Pretty wise, those Puritans, to see a wife as a blessing, a literal gift from the giver of every good and perfect thing.
Cats, as it turns out, are much more violent then we thought. A “kitty cam” study in Georgia found that even 30% of house cats kill two or more other animals a week.