"We're halfway through our morning routine!" said the chipper older gentleman behind me in line at Trader Joe's. "She could be a service dog, look how good she is, she knows the routine!" he said, smiling lovingly toward his sweet Pittie patiently waiting for a treat. Here you go, Cassie, I offered, digging out one …
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From Santa Fe to Seattle: A Christmas Journey
I already knew the answer. Even if my senior cat was a little slimmer than in his licking-the-bowl-clean heyday of yore, my long-torsoed, Bombay beauty was not going to fit under an airplane seat. "Guess we're road tripping it then," my less-than-enthusiastic husband sighed. The week of Christmas. I'd already made peace with spending the …
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Daily writing prompt: 5 strategies to maintain my health and well-being
Daily writing promptWhat strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?View all responses 1. Move my body How and when varies, but generally it happens within an hour of waking up. For years I started moving by running an outdoor trail, taking a power yoga class or swimming 1500 yards. But since adopting …
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Why I didn’t want a dog, and adopted one anyway
Two months into volunteering at Santa Fe Animal Shelter, I came home with a scruffy 18-pound mutt. I'll just foster him for a weekend, I thought. Give the little guy a shelter break. I mean..how could I not? The week prior to bringing him home, I'd walked him a few times, only to leave him …
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