There’s a rotating wheel of thought going in my mind at all times, like a Ferris wheel without an off switch. In each seat is a family member, friend and pet, and they’re all bucked in tightly and gingerly. At various times of the day,...
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Growing up, I always knew I wanted to be a mother. I’d baby my dolls and eventually hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits and dogs and learned how to care for little beings with all of my heart. Early on in my courtship with Justin, one of...
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This year, Thanksgiving was a little different than in years past. Last year we spent the holiday in New York City, freezing and chattering our frozen, smiling cheeks at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was a common outing during the years we lived in...
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Bringing Theo home for the first time was a lot like bring Beau home from the hospital. I went into both situations pretty naive, expecting to be able to cruise into each new experience fully armed with plenty of life knowledge. I had had two...
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The fundamentals of our lives are really easy and fun for me to talk about. I love being a mother, a wife, an entrepreneur and an integral part of our immediate and greater family. The everyday functionality of managing all of these moving parts and...
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Growing up, I was fortunate enough to have two wonderful dogs in my life; Kayla, a purebred Golden Retriever, and Heidi, a purebred German Shepherd. Heidi was characteristically aggressive and protective of her family and Kayla was loving, gentle, and faithful. They were both very...
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It was just Zoe and I when we went to pick up Theo from the shelter that we adopted him from. We had been there as a family in the days before and chosen Theo from a litter of 10 or so siblings, and he...
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We moved to New York City a family of four plus one little goldfish. Jack was two years old, Zoe had just turned one and we took that very scary, one way cross-country flight on quite literally a wing and a prayer. Justin and his...
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Growing up we had all kinds of animals. I distinctly remember my kitten Flowers was my constant companion for the two years before my little sister was born. I was too young to feed and care for Flowers, but I loved her dearly. Times and...
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Everyone said “having a puppy is just like having another child”. While I believed them and expected as much, I still didn’t anticipate exactly how much Theo would change our lives in all ways. We bought him his own bed, food, dishes and cornered off...
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I grew up with pets. My first kitten came into my life as a toddler, and then a slew of hamsters, guinea pigs, mice, rabbits, fish and dogs were a part of my family throughout my childhood, many of my fondest memories with one of...
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Some of my fondest childhood memories are from the days when my sister and I would play “house” together. For hours and hours on end, we would dress, feed and walk our babies outside in their strollers, making up stories. I loved the idea of...
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