So it's two o'clock in the morning, and I'm (obviously) awake. Because I'm sitting in the guest room, looking at pictures, and crying about my dog. I miss my dog. It's been three months since Uno died. For the most part, I feel like I've gotten used to the fact that he's gone. I don't [...]

I had to open the front door all by myself today.For the first time in almost ten years, the doorbell rang, and I found myself all alone, face-to-face with a strange man. No intimidating presence at my side. No low bark encouraging the guy to take a half-step back. No furry head pressed against my [...]

Incidentally, this is not me.About a week ago, a few days before Thanksgiving, I thought I broke my ass.  I'm not talking in a figurative "I really broke my ass trying to get that blah blah blah finished," sort of way.  I actually mean broke my ass.We were sledding -- my least favorite "sport" due [...]

So I've cracked open the Halloween candy (managing to hold off for five whole hours after buying it) because I'm self-medicating with chocolate.  I've never really thought of myself as an "emotional eater" (and, seriously, I hate all of that psycho-mumbo-jumbo, not because it's untrue but because it's been so done to death by talk [...]

My friend Brian once said that having a dog is "guaranteed heartbreak." Knowing this eventuality, it's somewhat mysterious why logical, intelligent people would continue to get them as pets. But for those of us whose lives have been saved by dogs, I suppose it's not a big mystery (and when I say "saved," I don't [...]

I probably should've made this my first post because I hate it when you get on a blog and you can't figure out who anyone is. If you haven't already figured it out, my husband and kids aren't actually named Tenzin, Elfie, and Newt. I mean, I guess that's possible. We could be hippies. Sure, [...]