My Prince’s Gift: “Step up into love.” After our daily r-i-d-e, I spent the rest of the day on the couch watching movies and napping with the kids. I was chatting with a friend while w-a-l-k-ing Celt and heard that today’s gift from Prince was going to be something about “Love”. One of the, ~ LEARN MORE ~

My Prince’s Gift: “Stay connected.” It was a very rough day today; we’re getting closer to the end for Prince. I’ve been wrestling with the concept of, as we all do, of when do you know it’s time. Unlike most people, I tend to overly conservative and not wanting my kids to suffer. Somehow, ~ LEARN MORE ~

My Prince’s Gift: “Accept support and comfort.” This is an interesting one for me to write about. Most of my life I’ve been the one who has been offering support and/or comfort to others, starting with when I was a child. It’s fascinating to me as ultimately we all live in “animal bodies” which, ~ LEARN MORE ~

My Prince’s Gift: “Feel life fully.” I continue to be amazed at Prince’s high interest in going for at least one r-i-d-e a day, given more and more he’s not sitting or standing up watching out the window as he has. L ately, he’s been lying in my lap or on the seat. Yet, ~ LEARN MORE ~

My Prince’s Gift: “Connect.” All dogs are pack animals; yet Dachshunds in particular are. There’s a great lesson in how we all inter-relate. My dogs think of me as “just another dog”, albeit head of the pack. In nature, when one of the pack as ill, the mourning would likely be quick. There’s mostly, ~ LEARN MORE ~

My Prince’s Gift: “Be grateful”. I didn’t quite get to our post for last night as I got seduced and lured into snuggling with the yummiest guy … well, it may have been guys and a girl. Nonetheless, pups needed mommy’s undivided attention. Each time I went to type “Be grateful” .. I typed, ~ LEARN MORE ~