originally published August 17, 2009
How do your pets enrich your life?
I’ve been looking for a reason to use all these cute animal pictures that I’ve come across while searching for just the right photo for today’s post. At last I’ve found it. Telling you how wonderful it is to have pets.
If you are not a pet owner, the first thing you must understand is that for those of us without human children, our pets are our kids. The second thing you will need to accept is that I’m not exaggerating. My animals are my babies… maybe not the fish, but the four-legged ones are. (Fish look pretty swimming around in the tank, but beyond their beauty, they don’t give much back.)
Continue reading » Why I Will Always Have Pets
What is your reality?
Today has been a writing day for me. And it has created two realities for me.
Reality #1
I spent most of the day working on three different pieces which never quite felt right. I deliberately took a break and came back to them a couple of hours later. They didn’t seem any better. I worked with them for another half hour and finally got myself so depressed that I decided to just leave.
Reality #2
Having given up in disgust, I grabbed the lead and took the dog for a walk. She’s pretty much always up for a walk and I just felt awful. I had worked myself into quite a state about what I would write for my next post.
Continue reading » The Blessing of Reality
Well, the big trip is over. I have gone to visit my father and nothing is changing. Not that Dad hasn’t changed, he has. Just that not enough has changed in the underlying situation to allow us to make any decisions about the best way to proceed.
For as long as I’ve known him, Dad has had a temper. His response to unexpected circumstances was to rage. If you happened to be close by, you became the target. He was never physically violent that I am aware of, but then he is a little guy – under five feet, wirey and muscular but at a distinct disadvantage when it came to taking on most of the world.
Continue reading » Still Living With Uncertainty
On Saturday, I saw a story in the Washington Post about a couple who met on eHarmony, dated and after a year, married last month. The groom is a paraplegic and my first thought was, “Wow, I could never do that.” My second thought was “but I SHOULD be open to it.”
This story had nothing to do with me and upon reflection it occurs to me that I could never do that now because my plate is overflowing with today’s challenges. Another one would feel like just a bit too much. But none of that precludes the fact that I went from an initial gut reaction to a judgment. I believe that for some of us, this is the core of our struggle with resiliency and it all starts with our judging ourselves.
Continue reading » You Deserve a Break Today
This post is part of the Pet Writer’s Blog Carnival.
How do your pets enrich your life?
I’ve been looking for a reason to use all these cute animal pictures that I’ve come across while searching for just the right photo for today’s post. At last I’ve found it. Telling you how wonderful it is to have pets.
If you are not a pet owner, the first thing you must understand is that for those of us without human children, our pets are our kids. The second thing you will need to accept is that I’m not exaggerating. My animals are my babies… maybe not the fish, but the four-legged ones are. (Fish look pretty swimming around in the tank, but beyond their beauty, they don’t give much back.)
Continue reading » Why I Will Always Have Pets
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