Inspiration

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    Goodbyes Are Never Easy

    Thank you to everyone who adopts from shelters or rescue organizations! You truly are making a huge difference for animals and your community. I’ve spent the past two months getting an inside view of a shelter and the incredibly dedicated and caring people who work there. It’s opened my heart in ways I never imagined.

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    Bittersweet

    Bittersweet. It’s a word that has resonated with me lately. It seems there is this pull on my heart like puppies tugging on a rope; one end is joy, the other sadness. I search for the place right in the middle where I can stop and take it all in.

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    3 Things I’ve learned Since Turning 40

    It just so happened my crew of foster puppies that I’m caring for woke unreasonably early this morning. My husband and I looked at each other and shook our heads. We knew they weren’t going back to sleep. We had to throw on our clothes and begin the process of carrying them downstairs and outside. I listened for the rain. The forecast called for a wet day. I was nervous. Nine dogs, seven of which are puppies, and rain can make for a challenging morning.

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    Doing vs. Being

    I fluctuate between doing and being. If my life leans too much to one side, I will scramble to fill it with the other. Picture a seesaw with me standing in the middle, trying to create the perfect balance.

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    Ten Ways Puppies Show Love

    I’ve been fostering 7 puppies and their momma for a month. It’s one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences I’ve ever undertaken. In my usual nonchalant way, I didn’t think twice about seven puppies. Two, three,… seven…what could be the difference? They’re puppies. Mmhmm. The difference is seven puddles, seven trips outside, inside, and up and down the stairs when it’s bedtime, and seven puppies exploring my yard while I run around like a character on Sesame Street counting 1,2,3,4,5,6,7! My Fitbit loves me! I’ve earned all kinds of medals. Ten thousand steps is a piece-of-cake. Having seven also means seven times the love. When they wake from their nap…