324 Days and Counting...

We had so much fun doing the PeeWee event in Idaho last month…

…that I pitched it for the 2023 National Specialty! And guess what?! It got approved!!!!

I am the Chair of the event and invite you to join the fun. How? Lots of ways. Enter a small human (ages 5 - 9), volunteer at the event and/or the afterparty, offer to help with the gift bags, sponsor a PeeWee trophy (click HERE), and/or you can cheer ringside — or from afar.

Please reach out with questions or to volunteer, offer assistance, and/or to share your cool ideas: sontag.bowman@gmail.com

Let’s wrap our community around these kids!

Squeezing Through Blog Error Messages

All is going well with Claire…

Mother’s Day.

To those who have children who are gone — I am so sorry.

To those whose hopes and dreams of motherhood never came to fruition — I am so sorry.

To those whose own mothers have left — I am so sorry.

This day, like motherhood, is complicated. I acknowledge — and feel — that reality.

Claire says, “I love my daughter but geez — motherhood is definitely not all rainbows and unicorns!”

#truth

HAPPY SUNDAY!

Oh, Universe...

This site has been giving me fits during a busy time of the semester, and so I have not had capacity to deal with it — I still don’t.

BUT I had a break between all the error messages and managed to upload this slide show of Claire’s recent return to obedience…

How fortunate that Ken Catron was there doing photos!

That amazing run represents resilience — hers and mine.

The Universe continues to test us though — a few days after that run, Claire’s left meniscus tore; she has surgery again (#7) tomorrow. Recovery should be straightforward, and we hope to be back in the obedience ring in June (everything crossed).

I look forward to the next AMAZING day — the Universe may give us challenges but it also gives us days like the one reflected in that slide show.

Please think good thoughts for Claire tomorrow — and if the Universe is pummeling you right now, go buy a lottery ticket because change is assured.