Our household

Blogging is new to me. This is my first one ever & truthfully I'm not even sure how to do this, but I'll try. I figured it might be therapeutic for me & maybe for others in a similar situation.

My first dog, Samantha (Sammie, Sam) is 14 now. That's pretty old for a dog. Sammie & I have been through a lot together - I'll get to that later. Last November I had a really good, long cry about Sammie because a mass removed from her leg turned out to be densely populated with cancer & the vet couldn't tell me if she had weeks or months to live. I have a lot of other important people in my household these days, but Sammie preceded them all.

My husband came on board as "JUST a friend" 11 years ago when I relocated (with Sammie) to Texas for a job. Our second "dogter" joined the family 10 years ago after Sammie chose her from the rescue organization. Our wonderful daughter arrived in 2005. So there are five of us - at least for now.