kindness of spirit – findingjubilee

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I’m having a hard time writing today. Someone who loves me called and asked me if I was doing okay,

Annie has been with us a month now and we are becoming “experts” on her personality and idiosyncrasies. She sleeps

That your mere presence makes a dog this joyously happy and willing to share space, conveys more than any words

I like this part the very best. The kindness of animals quietly accommodating the new person, the one without either

I can claim no super hero acts of kindness today; not that I usually could anyway. My habit is to

This is a picture of Pudge’s front feet, or more accurately, a picture of the boots that encase said feet.

I know there are water people, those who feel a deep attraction to the ocean, the flow of water, but

I make it sound like Gordy and I do all the caretaking around here, but that is only credible if

I started a hand-worked quilt in March and, best assessment, it will be ready to put together and quilt by

Bruno, who is deaf, and Tootsie, who is blind, wear harnesses during the day. Each harness announces that dog’s particular

My childhood dreams consisted of various versions of a life vastly improved by the presence of a dog and a

Someone new came over to the barn today. She has some horse experience, but wants very much to have more.

Let me explain this picture. Even to an unschooled eye, you might see that my best buddy, Legs, is an

Annie is sleeping right out in the open and by that I mean she is just like the other dogs

I have been allocating a fair amount of mental space lately to a particular dynamic, a new dynamic, that has

I got my Covid vaccine booster shot yesterday which means I’m feeling a little punk today; not enough to stay

If you had asked me earlier, I would have told you we have an attrition strategy. No more new animals

Bruno had an emergency last night. A piece of a treat lodged in his throat and he woke us up,

Tootsie has been with us two years now. A lot has changed for her in those two years. She lost

For several years now, I have served as a volunteer Guardian ad Litem — a GAL — for children in