Real Corgi lover

I swear this dog… 😭I woke up to use the restroom and noticed that Nubell wasn’t on my bed. I looked around for her and saw her like this. She hasn’t moved yet. Lmao. Don’t worry, she’s completely safe and alive 😭

Happy Tongue Out Tuesday, friends! 👅 Never lose the soft and silly parts of yourself. The world needs more kindness, more whimsy, and more hearts filled with love to share. Have a good day! ❤️🥰

It's been almost three months since we said goodbye to Graffiti, and neither of us has been able to open the box his ashes came home in.

It sits on a desk in our living room. I see it every day. We've talked about opening it a few times, but the conversation always seems to end somewhere else. Beyond his ashes, I have no idea what's inside.

I tend to move toward the hard things instead of looking away. Putting words to the pain helps me make sense of things. I can sit with almost anything and write my way through it.

We're doing ok. We will be ok.

But I still can't open this box.

Some of it is fear. Probably more crying. Some of it is knowing what opening it would bring back up for Chase. So I don't push it, and he doesn't either.

This week's Substack essay is about being ok, and not ok, at the same time.

The link to read it is in the comments.

If you've been through this, how long did it take before you could open the box? Or is yours still closed, like ours? I have a feeling we're not the only ones.

Dog lovers, leave a red heart. ❤️🐶

We lost our sweet boyOur lovely boy W***y sadly died last evening. He was a chi/dash/corgi rescue. His last two months were so difficult as he tried to make it through pancreatitis triggered by his monthly Librela injection which then progressed into a global rebound pain syndrome which ultimately killed him. His last injection was on 12/26/25 - he quickly deteriorated, losing weight from 17 lbs down to 11.9 lbs. Lost a majority of his muscle mass in hind legs, needed abdominal strap to help walk, ataxia with head movements, total/complete unrelenting body pain. Stopped eating and seemed to be hanging in there with syringe feeding and water; however, he suddenly experienced significant anemia and 3 days later died at home. Our vet and subsequent specialists had no idea Librela could trigger pancreatitis or cause rebound pain syndrome. It took days of research to figure out what was going on and get him medical support. I’m a nurse so was able to provide 24/7 care in hope we could get him through the 133-days needed to clear Librela from his system and for rebound syndrome to stop. We learned his joints were ravaged from running and playing on his OA joints for last two years with Librela on-board but we bought him a wheelchair and were ready for rehabilitation as needed. Found a home-visiting acupuncturist to help too. Every supplement & vitamin imaginable was sourced. We’ve since learned that Librela has a class action lawsuit pending and the stories coming out are heart breaking. Was the drug a miracle worker? Absolutely. Did it shorten his life by 4-5 years? Sadly, yes. He fought the good and brave fight. We will forever love and miss our lil’ man. Kiss your fur babies tonight and if you can light a candle in memory of W***y. ❤️🌟💛⭐️

We had no idea Brady would love the stroller this much. It’s still so special to me that he does.

He’s more comfortable higher up than on the ground. He gets all the pets, can see everything going on, and has a perfect view of the food.

It’s more relaxing for us too. Instead of wandering around he settles in, feels safe, and usually falls asleep…

Until the food gets here of course 😅

Harper loves his window. He also loves to gently herd the cats and just be around them and interact with them in general. But when Faye decides to take over his spot, he will not try to move her. She just gives him a look and he backs down and either asks me for help, or he just waits for her to leave. 😅

Happy Heavenly Birthday Tyler!!
Miss you more then you know❤️🐾
🥳🎂🐾❤️

Great photography ❤️🥰

Is this normal behavior for corgis?