Boxer Rolls on in Frankie’s Memory with Gifted Wheelchair

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Boxer Rolls on in Frankie's Memory with Gifted Wheelchair

Meet Q – the newest recipient of a dog wheelchair from the fund I started back in 2012, in memory of my disabled dachshund, Frankie, to help paralyzed dogs in need of a wheelchair. Whether a dog in rescue or a family in need of financial help, that is why I began this fund.

So many wonderful and generous people have supported the Frankie Wheelchair Fund which enables me to help dogs like Q gain their freedom back with a set of custom-made wheels from Eddie’s Wheels for Pets.

Upon receiving the wheelchair for Q, his owner, Susan sent me this beautiful message:

We picked up the wheels this weekend and he did great !! We shall continue to practice on the grass as we hope to graduate to concrete fairly soon! The Eddies wheels family is just beautiful – they are fantastic to work with and we thank you again for helping us … With your help we were able to do this!! With added friends and family we were able to order boots and supplements as well.  I was able to save my self for the next neurologist visit which we may not need anytime soon as I thank God that he has progressed slowly thus far! Thank you again and in Frankie’s memory we shall ROLL ON!

Roll on indeed…and my heart fills with much joy knowing Frankie’s memory lives on in so many wheelie dogs.

If you’d like to support the Frankie Wheelchair Fund with a donation you can do so here on this page. Thank you so much for your consideration.

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Dragonflys Important Synchronistic Message

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Dragonfly's Important Synchronistic Message

I did an interview last month, which I knew today would be the air date, but then forgot about until I was tagged in a post on Facebook mid-morning today.

I smiled to myself because earlier this morning, picking an oracle card from the Power Animals deck, the card I got was Dragonfly. She is about illusion and her message: You know who you really are. As I did my yoga practice listening to music a song came on talking about illusion.

Seeing the interview was now live, I remembered how I felt after doing it, and how I thought I could have done better. Aren’t we always the hardest on ourselves? I told myself I wasn’t going to listen to it for this reason.

But then I thought about Dragonfly and her message. So I listened to the interview and I was pleasantly surprised. And thinking about Dragonfly I realized once again how we can get stuck in the illusion – the illusion that we aren’t good enough. But if we really take the time to think about who we are, we really do know. It is there within us, just waiting for us to act from.

And so was the message I shared in my interview today – to live from that true essence of who you really are. 

I just love the synchronicity of it all and how my Monday morning has gone! And signs and symbols are always there for us to see if we are paying attention. I’m so glad I was today as now I have good feelings vibrating through me.

If you’d like to listen to the interview I did with author Kaya Singer in celebration of her one year book anniversary of Wiser and Wilder, you can check it out here.  Then come join the discussion on Kaya’s special Facebook page and stay tuned for other inspiring women she interviewed and will air every Monday during the month of May.

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The Soul of A Dog

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The Soul of A Dog

I know some may question if a dog really does have a soul. But I just can’t imagine that they don’t. And at times if you are lucky, you can catch it on camera.

Such is this photo of my Lab, Kylie. She is now 11 1/2 years old but looking at this picture I see a younger version of her. I also see this undeniable beautiful light emanating from her, as if it is her soul coming right through her whole being. I feel as if I’m seeing the true essence of her.

While my analytical mind can come up with words to try and describe what I’m seeing, it’s truly not the point. It’s what I feel at the depth of my soul that I know in my heart that I am seeing the soul of my girl, Kylie. It’s a feeling that is so deep, so rich, so true, that there just aren’t adequate words. You just know without a shadow of a doubt in your own being that this feeling is true and real.

While some may say perhaps this is a projection, that is fine. But for me, I won’t deny what it is I am feeling in this most glorious moment of catching what I believe is Kylie’s soul through the lens of my camera. And I have so much gratitude for being witness to this…and it’s something I never want to forget.

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