Poppy has been with me for 3 whole months! I feel like I need to spend some time celebrating her today. Here is what they say about adopted dogs: “… they take 3 days to decompress, 3 weeks to know your routine and 3 months to start to feel at home…” Here is what I’ve…
Month: December 2019

My Serum Run….
It was bitterly cold with vicious winds and temperatures 40 below freezing. If we ran too fast our lungs would burst but if we ran too slow our bodies would freeze… and yet back in Nome the children were dying because of a Diptheria outbreak and they needed the life-saving serum we were carrying for…

Poppy: Week 11
It’s just plain downright crazy to think that my woof has only been in my life for just under 3 months. This afternoon the two of us went on a long walk together in the pouring rain as if it was the most natural thing in the world to do. 3 months ago, I wouldn’t…

Poppy: Week 10
I won’t lie this week has been hard. In a hectic week at work, I’ve had a long melt down realising that I’m not winning with my anxiety and that I’ve hurt a lot of people along the way. Hearing it this week was the hardest thing I’ve had to face in a while. Poppy…