![My Cousin David](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63cff9b4d180a16febb28750/1677105435320-9HBHYNKZLCD371LTKSSA/David-Dzenawagis.jpeg)
My Cousin David
A few years ago I got very interested in genealogy and ended up connecting with a distant Dzenawagis cousin I discovered through the powers of the internet. She shared a lot of interesting information with me, but what I loved the most was what she told me about the meaning of our shared surname.
![Aunt Carrie](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63cff9b4d180a16febb28750/1677781540430-E10N9UNEUOWKOIANW0FE/aunt-carrie.jpeg)
Aunt Carrie
There are moments in all of our lives when everything changes like that. The moments when you physically feel a shift occur. When the pieces fall out of place. When the ground drops from underneath you.
![My Cat Fanne](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63cff9b4d180a16febb28750/1678218954495-L66ZTUY3LOKG5UGVMZ3G/fanne-the-cat.jpeg)
My Cat Fanne
When I moved into my first apartment post-college, I immediately started pestering my roommates about getting a cat. I come from a long line of cat people—we always had them in the house growing up, but because I couldn’t have any pets while living in my college dorm, I had years of feline companionship to catch up on.