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Won’t You Come Home, Beagle Baby?
It's a girl! It’s a defining moment in a woman’s life when she’s advised by a doctor to stop having children. The experience is similar to being put out of business; the sign on the door flips from...
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A Different Breed of Kat
1997 - 2012 My blogs are posted on Monday mornings, but I write them a few days in advance. As I type this entry, it’s Wednesday night, February 1st, and it has been a very sad, difficult day. You...
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Pet Peeves
Penning "Kat Tales 2" Bad things happen to me when I walk through pet stores. It’s as if I can’t seem to avoid the small animal tanks or the cat cages. This is how I came home with two guinea pigs...
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Living in the Dog House
Although I thoroughly enjoy my life and the privileges that come with age, I sometimes miss the optimism of youth. Like most young people, I had great plans for my future. I was convinced that as soon...
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Challenging
Many mothers have at least one child who will constantly test her patience and her limits. I’ve always struggled with patience, but my tolerance level is generally fairly high. Generally. But last...
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The Day I Ate Dog Food
When I was four years old, my brother Sean and his friend Gusty convinced me to eat dog food. The food didn’t look anything like the plain Purina Dog Chow my family fed our mutt, Charlie Brown. Charlie...
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The Sneaky One
One of the great advantages of having friends who are a few years older than me is that they usually have children that are older than my children, have more experience than I do and can offer an...
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Three’s a Crowd
Here’s a secret about being a parent: sometimes we say the most when we say nothing at all. The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve recognized that what I value most wasn’t inspired by words but rather by...
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