With all the depressing and heartbreaking challenges we face, I really feel blessed. These blessings come in different packages, some a bit unassuming. Take Maggie for instance.  Maggie's been with us for about 4.5 years now.  We came upon her by chance. Lizze saw a picture of her online and instantly fell in love with her.  She was at the Greater Akron Humane Society and had been there for almost a year because no one wanted her.  Apparently, Maggie had been seized during a Police raid of a large fighting ring.  Maggie had been abused and to this day, still has scars from multiple cigarette burns. She was a fighting dog, a breeder and was pregnant at the time she was taken in by the Humane Society. After her litter…

Gavin will not stop talking.  He's talking over everyone else and won't stop sharing about food. I'm so tired of hearing about food.  I swear to God that if he doesn't stop, my head is going to explode all over the wall, like a scene from Supernatural. I don't even want to eat tonight because I'm so absolutely tired of anything to do with food.  This has slowly eroded away my sanity and I just want to scream shut up already. While I have enough self-control to not actually say that, the fact that I'm struggling not to, simply indicates that I'm human. It's okay to feel frustration.  It's okay to feel overwhelmed.  It's also okay to want to just scream at the top of your lungs, just shut up…

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The boys are going with Lizze's parents on a safari adventure today.  There an exotic animal farm a bit south of Canton, where you drive through and the animals come up to the car.  They can feed them from the windows. This is a great deal of fun for the boys.  I'll be honest with you.  I'm always sad to see them leave but the moment they pull away from the house today, I'm going right back to sleep. I'm so tired that I don't even have the words to explain just how tired I am. While I know that you can't make up for lost sleep, you better believe that I'm going to be putting that theory to the test today. ;-) In the above picture, the boys are…

I mentioned that Gavin was having tummy issues on Monday.  This not so simple question of whether or not he's feeling better, isn't quite apparent. His tummy issues are still present but he's not complaining. Having said that, Gavin only complains of chest or side pain and paper cuts. He literally almost never complains about anything else. This makes it extremely difficult to know what's going on with him.  The truth is, I couldn't tell you on any given day, how Gavin's feeling. It's not like we don't ask him because we do.  He's just not capable of really answering in a way that's even remotely helpful. My best guess at this point, is that he ate something that didn't agree with him.  He's not running a fever and he's…

Emmett had a pretty rough day for some reason.  I feel like he did more screaming than talking. He doesn't appear to be in a flare or otherwise sick either.  Perhaps it was just one of those days? Regardless, he did have some positive moments, where he was relaxed and enjoying life.  We were on the couch watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bella was snuggling with him.  While Emmett and Bella aren't attached at the hip anymore, she can almost always comfort him and help him to calm down.  He loves Bella and somehow she has this power to help him through life's more challenging moments.  I don't understand it but animals are amazing creatures and I'm just grateful. This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please…