During a recent visit to my sister’s house in Ohio, a childhood friend of hers who I haven’t seen in years happened to stop by while passing through the neighborhood. After a quick hug, she greeted me in one continuous sentence, “What a great surprise to see you, how have you been, what’s that thing on your face?!” That “thing” is the scar on my… read more
Imagine possessing the raw power to shred apart anything of your choosing with one-inch canine teeth and a bite force of hundreds of psi, yet choosing to do nothing when attacked at random. When this very thing happened to my gentle giant, Romeo, he taught me that sometimes it is, in fact, in everyone’s best interest to show restraint. Simply because we can react with… read more
I’ve had the tremendous privilege to be mom to two amazing bullmastiffs for the ten years that each graced this Earth. While they have since left their physical bodies, their wisdom endures and continues to inform my life. From them, the most unsuspecting of teachers, I have learned some of my life’s most valuable lessons. First and foremost, I learned from Romeo and Bella that we… read more
