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Three things I’m grateful for…

I’m grateful for the health (and patience) of my companion animals. So many are here for only a year or less, but each teaches me new lessons on how to love what we have while we have it, and how to...

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Those rare and perfect days you wait for…

Every now and then there is one of those perfect days – the type of days you would have given anything for on rough days before… the ones that remind you why you started and why things are worth it....

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To new days…

I’m grateful for uneventful rattie intros. It’s an amazing experience to watch these little creatures as they learn to trust one another. Each intro is different than the one before, and you can learn...

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Changing Seasons

Grateful to be done with rattie intros. The girl was an expected handful, but intros were a success. Two lovely little critters now have a full time companion, and I have the mess in my room back in...

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The balance of knowing when to change, and what to choose.

Grateful for possible solutions in front of me. It has been a long few months of pet issues and I felt like I hit a wall. But seasons change and new possibilities present themselves. Each gives  a...

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3 things…

— I am thankful for the time that we’ve had with Bagerra despite discovering such a scary birth defect. I will choose to remember that he has been like this his whole life, and there is no expiration...

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Circles

– Relearning lessons. I thought the path to gratitude and happiness would be easier, but it’s not a “once and done”. I fall into the same traps, but remind myself that I have tried and true tools once...

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– Finally updating my password to something I’ll remember, so I’ll actually post when the urge strikes. – A postponement for Zuzu’s surgery that I’m undecided about, 30 minutes before we were going to...

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“When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”

Thankful that Zuzu’s lungs are stronger than they sound – strong enough to carry her through her tumor removal!!! Thankful for the cone that Zuzu hates, for keeping her from reopening her incision....

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Slow days

The calm after the storm. It takes awhile for my stress level to catch up with the present moment, but I’m so thankful for a “normal” day. Zuzu’s surgery went great. All my little ones still by my...

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“What do you pack when you pursue a dream? And what do you leave behind?”

Another week of progress. Learning to enjoy the journey, the bliss of forward motion – the destination is not a guarantee and re-routes are inevitable. Finding a great audiobook just when I need to...

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Take a breath and let the rest come easy…

It’s funny how hard it is to find peace within our own cycles. The unexplained highs and lows. The ebb and flow. I feel grateful that (most of the time) I can let uncomfortable emotions pass naturally...

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That feeling of waking up early on a Saturday and climbing back into bed. Going to make vegan biscuits and gravy today, and then off to kayaking. Blue skies and a warm day predicted. I did most of the...

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