Mom guilt is real. Yes, I am talking abou the guilt of being a dog mom. BUT!!! I forgot, FORGOT, to make time to take Beau to her happiest place on the planet (aside from couch) for three YEARS!!! I fixed it last week, but I am the worst.
Tag: Dog Mom
Cost of Being a Dog Mom to A Pack of Six
I love having a home full of dogs. I want to talk to y'all about the actual cost of raising and maintaining six dogs in a responsible way. It's expensive, worth it, but expensive.
11… Habits I’m Trying to Re-Form This Summer
I spent 2019 and the beginning of 2020 working really hard to form a consistent and healthy lifestyle. Then February 2020 arrived with a pregnant rescue dog and quarantine quickly followed. My life changed almost instantaneously and all those habits I worked hard to maintain disappeared. I replaced my former self with a frenetic couch schlub, pack mom. I had wanted to have a slew of healthy habits in order by my 30th birthday. Oh hey, that arrived, and I don't have any of those good habits anymore. So I'm slowly working on bringing them back and maybe even some good new ones.
11… Ways I’m Forgiving Myself
As a human with anxiety, I'm really good at never ever forgiving myself for anything I do. I'm trying to be kinder to myself, which is really hard. But if I don't, how can I expect other people to be kind to me? Anyways, I'm working on forgiving myself for these eleven things. It's a lot, but it's a start.
Happy National Puppy Day from A Pack Mom
Every day is puppy day because I have a pack. It’s a chaotic zoo. A furtacular event. No moment, big or small, goes without the dogs. I attribute it to their being enormous, multitudinous, and very attached to me.
11… Ways Tessa Changed My Life in 366 Days
A year ago last Friday, I picked a heavily pregnant dog up off the street. I ended up keeping her and raising her thirteen puppies. I accidentally kept four of those puppies. I had no idea how much my life would change when I brought her home, but I am a better person because of it.