May Day

December 28, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

She was in the mud puddle. Again. That was the moment I knew I couldn’t keep her. My dog, Mabel, had been my first baby. She was a gorgeous, high-energy, chocolate labrador retriever we’d adopted when she was 9 weeks old. I stayed up with her as she cried through her first nights, “potty” trained her, […]

Toenails and Kisses

August 8, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

“Let me see your toes.” “No!” “Oh, come on. Let me just take a look. Hey, your owie is healing. It’s all gone!” My six-year-old daughter has had a bad case of athlete’s foot the past few weeks. Months? I’m not sure. I’d bought her some ointment, taught her to use it, and packed it […]