Happy National Dog Day, 2025

What a day to celebrate the best of the best in our lives – our dogs! My shoutout goes to Kolby and all the Pet Therapy Dogs who help conquer fears and stress during doctors appointments and hospital stays. Our world would be unimaginably hard without Pet Therapy Dogs and our personal dogs. Sharing my…

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The Grace of Applesauce

A Motivational Reflection on Instinct, Grace, and Paying Attention You never really know the moment something small becomes something big. Sometimes, it’s not the dramatic scenes that shift your life—it’s a quiet decision in a grocery store aisle. A few weeks ago, I was at H-E-B catching up on errands. Nothing major. Just another grocery…

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My Dearest Zoey

My Beloved  Zoey,  Today was hard. I started having a panic attack right before I left the house.  This was my annual checkup day, and it was the first one without you.  I did my bestest to remain strong for your mom, Teri, today. Today was not about shedding tears over you. We both had…

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Beautiful Joe

Serendipitous moments are few and far between in any of our lives. When they happen we should deeply cherish those moments and what they bring.  Case in point. I follow an Intasgram account of a German shepherd who actually paints for charity.  They went on a trip in Canada to a park called Beautiful Joe Park…

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