When Sadie, our Golden Retriever, came to live with us it was because we had tried everything else. Despite our efforts and that of medical science our ten-year-old son, Daniel, hadn’t been able to gain any weight since he was three. In fact, he was so medically fragile that he couldn’t attend school. Daniel […]
If you look closely at this picture, right there with her little head on my foot, is my pug Lucy when she was a tiny puppy. I remember that day. It was a writing day, the one day that I had set aside each week to work furiously on whatever writing project was before me. My […]
After our golden retriever, Sadie, died I felt lost. I hadn’t realized how much I had depended on her steady, unconditional love to get me through the craziness of my life. She was always there at the end of my days quietly loving me, ready to snuggle me on my bad days and ready to […]
I have the coolest app on my phone. I can look at it any time and see how many people read my blog that day. I can see all kinds of other stats too like which posts are the most popular and what search words bring the most people to the blog. Today’s post is in […]
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete —Jesus speaking to his disciples in John 15:11 The “this” in the verse is the story of the vine and the branches. Jesus had just told his disciples that he is the true vine and we are the branches. He told them that […]
We are all in pain. Every one of us is carrying a wound or scar because there simply isn’t a way to walk through this world without getting hurt along the way. But I’ve decided that I have a choice, I can spend most of my time looking down at myself and my brokeness or I can practice looking up. […]
Okay, I have to admit, I didn’t wake up this morning with a heart full of joy. I’m not sad today, or overly stressed, or especially unhappy but I don’t think I’m joyful, and I think I’m missing out. Be joyful always. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Be joyful always? Always? How are we supposed to do that […]
I’ve just returned from a visit to my homeplace, the little town where I grew up… a place that’s done quite a bit of growing up itself. I had some adventures there. I spent a day on the beach with my terrific husband. I walked my pug down to the lake where she tried to eat […]
We surprised my daughter with a pug puppy today. She was at lunch with a neighbor and I called her and asked if we could drop by her house and wait inside till she got home. We took the puggy in and all his puppy supplies and let him play while we waited for her to get home. The puppy was pretty shy with my […]
Lucy dressed up for the Atlanta Pug Fest
Well, we finally got there. We have driven past this play park for dogs for the last five months. Today was cool enough to take a pug outside for a run so we went to Six Wags. Lucy loved it!!! First she ran all around looking back at me like she was saying, “Are you […]
My pug, Lucy, makes a habit of eating anything she can get into her tiny mouth. Last night when I took her out for her last potty she found something in the leaves. That something started her coughing and gagging. This isn’t the first time she has done this. She sees the whole world as one big […]
Robin Prince Monroe 