It’s been several years since I’ve written, and I’m quite sure most followers have moved on. And that’s ok, because I started this blog as an outlet for me to share the good, bad, and ugly of it all when it came the dogs in my life.

Although truth be told, none was bad or ugly, all of it was good, being part of the journey for each of the dogs of my life was and continues to be a privilege.

And now several years later, still in BC, still a dog mom to Flipflop, who is now a senior boy with one eye, but still loving his life. I am still a cat mom to Sixx, who is also a senior and despite being in kidney failure, is doing amazingly well, I’m back to volunteering and fulfilling my purpose……..helping animals.

I volunteer for three places now, not as a foster, as I am honouring  Flipflop’s decision to not have other dogs in our home, but as Foster Support for a local rescue in town, I am also the Communications Coordinator for ElderDog Canada – Kamloops PAWD, an amazing organization that helps seniors keep dogs in their home, and the last Sunday of the month I go to a lovely animal sanctuary for farm animals and assist in cleaning their living spaces and get to interact with them. I will share more about that too!

A lot has happened the past few years, most recently, Flipflop, me, Janet, and Hazel (aka “big lady”), said goodbye to Miss Ellie.

Never in my life have I witnessed a dog love another like Flipflop loved his Miss Ellie. We are all still processing such a great loss, and perhaps down the road, I will share more about that, but right now I want to respect her mom and her personal grief.

From a distance I also said goodbye to Vanya (aka Bambi), who passed away in early 2025 due to cancer. She was still so young, and still missed so much by her mom.

We also said a very tearful goodbye to Solo. My last foster, who found a wonderful family who understood him and gave him the most wonderful life. We’re not sure what happened to Solo, perhaps a stroke, but something changed in him, and his family did right by him and let him go peacefully with love and dignity.

So why am I back after all this time? Honestly, I have no idea, I am just feeling inspired to write again, after a very long time.

If you’re still around and following me, hello again, I am not 100% sure which direction this will take, or what I’ll write about, but here we go……..