The Adventures Of One Woman And Her Two Dogs
I’ve shared this story on my personal page, but now it’s time to share it here. Hang on until the end, because it’s a good one. On Tuesday, Aug. 9, I lost Jeter. Two days later, on Aug. 11 (my birthday), would have been our 10 years together. He was cremated that day. On Aug….
On Aug. 9, 2022, at 9:20 AM, Jeter was put to rest after a battle with hip dysplasia that left him unable to walk or run like he so loved to do. Jeter was the best boy and I’m going to forever miss his cuddles and kisses. No one cuddled like this dog. Since the…
It’s been three weeks since Jeter “went down” (that’s what I’m calling it). It’s been some of the hardest three weeks of my life. I have no idea what the right thing to do is. I don’t know if I should keep pushing him or should let him go. I see stories of how long…
During the past two weeks I’ve had some of my highest highs and lowest lows in over a decade. Since April, Jeter has been struggling with severe hip dysplasia topped with arthritis in his spine. At the end of April, he couldn’t walk for two days, but he recovered and was running around again in…
Facebook memories. It’s so crazy how fast time moves. You don’t see it little by little, but when you look back on a year or two or more, you notice how much everything has changed. I see Caesar’s and Jeter’s face day by day and they always looks the same. I don’t notice the new…
While Betty White was just 17 days short of making it to her 100th birthday, her legacy continues to live on—as the Van Wert County Humane Society found out—in a big way. Through the efforts of the #BettyWhiteChallenge, nearly $4,000 was raised for local animals in need on Jan. 17, 2022—what would have been White’s…
I ran the bathwater as hot as I could get it, even boiled some water on the stove, and poured it in. I added some elderberry bubble bath to help draw out the sickness. “Alexa, play Alt Nation on Sirius XM,” I called out. I set everything by the tub: extra towels so I could…
Two vaccines and a booster, but it finally got me—I have COVID. Not a big surprise, though, because my mom has been sick for a few weeks, and I’ve been around her. Luckily my symptoms are mild. It started with a sore throat (that is already gone), and now I mostly have a very runny…
The following is a eulogy I delivered for my Grandma Barnhart at a private funeral service on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. She died Oct. 26, 2021, of COVID. On Monday, when I last saw grandma, I had a feeling time was short—I just knew. So, I chose to read a few prayers over her. I…
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” I’m a firm believer in…