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Lessons I’ve learned from my Shih Tzus

May 22, 2023 by Melissa Chapman 2 Comments

Lessons I've learned from my Shih Tzus

 Lessons I've learned from my Shih Tzus As I sit here about to type this post, Lessons I've learned from my Shih Tzus I realize There are really no words to describe the emptiness I feel on days like today.  You always think you have time. So many things left unsaid and so much unresolved stuff. My world is so much grayer without my parents and at times it feels like so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, health and lifestyle Tagged With: dog mama, furbabies, health, health and lifestyle, lessons i learned from my Shih Tzu, lifestyle, Melissa Chapman

Ways to Revel in Your Children and Capture Those Memories with Picture Keeper

May 7, 2019 by Melissa Chapman 9 Comments

Thanks to Picture Keeper for Sponsoring this post Ways to Revel in Your Children and Capture those Memories FOREVER with Picture Keeper My husband says I have a tendency to lean towards my natural proclivity to GUILT MY KIDS into submission. It’s almost as if, at times, I can’t help it. It’s not like I wield a whip and beat them, or force them to wash the windows. Rather I choose to guilt them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, health and lifestyle Tagged With: cherished moments of youth, furbabies, health, lifestyle, Mother's Day reflections, Motherhood Musings

What I’ve learned about my marriage waking up with my dog at four o’clock in the morning

June 24, 2015 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

I have a desperate need to have furry things around me. No, not boas, but actual living furry creatures. My husband does not share my affinity for furbabies-- in  fact he barely tolerates it. I do remember that during our honeymoon in Hawaii all I could talk about was my plan to get a shih tzu as soon as well got settled in our married life. My husband, I'm convinced , thought he could distract me … [Read more...]

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