This is nowhere near as serious, but... talking about kids and life upheavals, I just came home with two little kittens. A boy and a girl. The boy's name is Ethan, I'm fairly certain. The girl hasn't found her name yet, but it will come.
Circumstances decree they will be outside cats. I have the cats in a little pet tent on the carport with food, water, towels to lie on and of course a litter box. My australian shepherd is afraid of them, but then he's afraid of anything and everything new. The girl cat just sits there watching everything. Ethan is evidently adapting fast - he already ate like a horse... a small horse, but he ate like a horse... and is now sitting there washing his face with his paw.
I'm gonna go out and sit with the kittens on my lap for a while. Maybe the girl cat will find her name.