Our next big decision was where should we live? Steve and I loved the idea of the mountains. Our children, on the other hand, loved the idea of the ocean. Steve’s job is north of Charlotte and no where near the ocean, whew! (The ocean is okay to visit, but to live there all the…
2015 I got sick with a fever and cough a couple of days after Christmas. I ended up having influenza and pneumonia. As an asthmatic, it was complicated. A few days after starting on antibiotics and steroids, our Realtor called with a showing request. I had been out of work for a week and there…
We did not tell anyone! It was a long drive and I had plenty of time to debate with myself whether this was a good idea. With everything else going on (the house for sale, the move, working, parenting two kids alone…) was bringing a puppy into the fold a good plan? Was I ready…
Late fall 2014 The pathology report read: Cutaneous (skin) Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, high-grade extending to the deep margins of the tissue sample sent for evaluation. In a nut shell, the vet was right, it was already invading other tissues. This was a highly unusual cancer for a three-year old dog and not common in this breed.…
Fall 2014 We left Steve in North Carolina in late August. He was settled in an apartment. We had to furnish it and everything but the mattress and box spring arrived before we left. Steve will sleep on an air mattress until it comes, sometime in the next two weeks. It was surreal leaving him…