Every year at this time I see an enormous number of pictures of men and women in uniform on my Facebook feed. These are my friends parents...

More than anything else, this blog has been a chronicle of my love for two very special Dalmatians. One of those dogs left this earth at 7...

I left the house this morning fully intending to try the new restaurant. I came to an intersection where if I turned left, I would be headed...

Today didn't exactly go as planned. I didn't get my car back from the shop because, after the wheel was repaired, the paint shop d...

I've been telling people that I've got a huge hole in my jaw where my wisdom tooth used to be. No one believes me. They think I...

There are days when I feel like I don't even exist. I'm just a ghost in the machine, silently cleaning up dog poop, sweeping rainw...

Weekends were always busy. Now, they're becoming impossible. When you try to add a week's worth of postponed activities to your no...

Things are looking up. Dot seems a little stronger today. Her energy level and ability to walk varies from day-to-day, but today was one o...

We've got a new schedule now. We get up several hours earlier than we did yesterday. The dogs get fed. Dot's nighttime bedding get...

I threw a load of laundry in the dryer this morning and got an error message. The dryer is broken. It runs for about five seconds and then...

We got a nice collapsible soft canvas crate to we can transport Dot back and forth to physical therapy after her stitches come out. When w...

Today was kind of a preview of what's to come. Dot was restless and wanted to move around, but wasn't strong enough to move by her...

It was nice to get out for a while this morning. The snow is gone and the weather is warming up. It seemed like a perfect day to get a hai...

Although the weather got even worse overnight, Dot continues to get better. I was amazed that Dot's medical team even managed to get t...

When Dot's neurologist called this morning to give us a progress report, she seemed pleased. Dot is already eating and drinking water ...

I've been on pins and needles all day. Time passes very slowly when things are completely out of your control. We got up early this m...

I'll never get used to Texas weather. There was rain mixed with sleet when I woke up. By the time I finished breakfast, the rain had t...