Tag: Iona
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Dog gone, dog gone
National Dog Day brought out the best in most everyone. Thousands of shared moments. Happy moments. Loyal moments. Salvation moments. Last year we celebrated with one dog, two dog, short dog, tall dog. Big dog, small dog, orange dog, brown dog. This year we have none. Dog gone, dog gone. Miss Iona left as she…
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She Was Only A Dog…Thankfully
No one in your family will ever be as forgiving of your mistakes as your dog. It was exactly a month ago that we lost our orange beast, Iona. Everyone who has ‘known’ me this past decade and a 1/2, has also known Iona. She was my constant. And she became Jason’s girl. But at 16-years-old, our battle-axe…
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Paws Pressing
“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” ~ Karen Davison Iona is pressing buttons, lots and lots of buttons. For a 16-year-old rescue corgi with a myriad of health issues, that dog’s paws are pressing. Hard. It’s well known by all who know…
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Bald is Beautiful!
Originally posted on The Badass Unicorn: Iona has always been a pretty dog. She hears it all the time, and she believes it. This dog has an ego and makes no apologies about it. When strangers stop and tell her that she’s pretty, she is more than willing to pose and smile as long as…
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Hair of the Dog
If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life. ~Roger A. Caras It’s been exactly 4 days since Max came to reside in the Reed household. It’s been 4 days of laughter, stern voices, shock, awe, loving and…
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My Free Life
Let’s take a little trip down where we used to go It’s way beyond the strip, a place they call your soul We’ll sit down for a while and let the evening roll Don’t worry about the time, we’ll find a place to stay The people ’round here seem familiar in some way Look kind…
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Badass Stepmom: Parenting Recap 4
Jason played single-parent again last week while I gallivanted off to Salt Lake City and San Francisco to properly earn that paycheck I receive. This meant he also got to sign my name approximately 6032 times as my acting power of attorney in the Norfolk home-buying process. He was a champ through it all, and…
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