dogs
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We can’t have nice plants. This is not because of drought, neglect, poor soil, or lack of sunlight. I love our plants and pay attention to them. When they struggle, I try to help. We can’t have nice plants because we live in a small but thriving squirrel-run storage facility. At some point, without my…
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The day before yesterday, December 2, would have been my dog Daisy’s 18th birthday. Sadly, she passed away last year, just one day after her 17th birthday—at 3 a.m. on December 4. I had braced myself for a wave of sadness on her birthday. While I did shed some tears, I found myself feeling mostly…
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Her absence is so deafening to me. It’s unbearable at times. There are no sounds of her sighing in her sleep, and shaking her head so that her ears make a flapping sound. No sound of her little feet creaking the wooden floor as she walked up and down the hallways. No clickety-clack of the…
I have Parkinson's. Parkinson's doesn't have me! 