It's been a while since I've posted. I went through some difficult physical issues over the past few months. I pulled my back badly several months ago. It was probably the most painful thing I've experienced, and I've had 2 surgeries. The physical stress of pulling my back has triggered a months long flare of my chronic illness issues. I'm only now finally starting to improve, though my back improved about 2 months ago.
The physical stress and flares also contributed to a mental flare too. I've been working through some anxiety, depression, and grief.
I've also had to work on coming to grips with the fact that I am absolutely not physically capable of working with dogs right now. This realization has brought back some more grief, as working with dogs and other animals is something I am very good at and am very passionate about. To not be able to do so is incredibly difficult for me.
I just couldn't face blogging here for a while. I was angry and upset and burned out from online dog training and service dog drama.
I've decided to take a different tack here. I had originally started this blog with more of a dog training focus in mind. Well, not much of that is going to go on. So I'm going to focus on me and my pets and service dogs as I continue to navigate my way through chronic illness. I'm going to share stories about daily life with my critters and articles of interest that I find. My goal is to post here at least once a week. I hope you'll join me.
