In a week or two, Frank and I are going to do a week trial with Phoebe and Holli. In case you are not sure who they are, they are my two lab mixes who have helped me get through so much in incredible (and different) ways. Some posts about them include: Phoebe, The Role Pets Play […]
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Talk it Out
It is really amazing how much better a person can feel just by talking it out. Sometimes, all people need is someone to listen without judgment. Someone who understands, or who at least tries extremely hard to see where you are coming from. Over the years, I have tried a lot of things when I […]
Just a Dog?
The past few weeks have really led me to think more than ever about how truly invaluable my dogs have been to me. I have spoken about them before in two separate posts; A Descriptive Story About a Memory and Wheezy, Daisy, Sadie, Marley- Phoebe but I wanted to give them a bit of a […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
I always loved watching CNN but lately I have been finding it too difficult to watch the news. It is extremely depressing and while I do like to be educated about the events around the world, I am trying to find a balance between that and keeping my distance between the nonstop horror stories we […]
Reaction to “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”
I wasn’t planning on writing anything else on the shootings that took place in a Connecticut elementary school or just anything on that topic but then this crossed my path (http://gawker.com/5968818/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother. I feel the need to write a response to it. I am not going to pretend what this woman, or any other parent, goes […]