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I know parents who grieve their children flying the nest. They want to keep them close, maybe even help them build a nest next door, preferably with an in-law apartment. That’s not me. I was always excited to see where my chicks would land. Still, I never envisioned my son flapping himself 5000 miles from […]

I can’t bear to change the About Me part of my website because I can’t face the truth; Snuggle Chops and Disco Biscuit are gone.     2020 dealt a lot of shitty blows. I know that compared to many, I am living the dream over here, but seriously – both of my dogs? The […]

My word for 2020 is Zest. I didn’t have much fun in 2019. I had to kind of fight through each day, especially at the end of the year. Overall, it seemed like life was handing me one dog-poop sandwich after another. My mom was sick with cancer, and my dad was dying from liver […]