Category: grief

• Happy Re-Gotcha Day, Mico!

  

  My darling girl is back home with me, on her gotcha day no less! @preciouscreature framed it as a re-gotcha day and I couldn’t think of a better way to put it. I miss Mico so much, and it’s so comforting to have her physically back with me, to be able to see her and…

  Dani

  June 4, 2025

  aftercare, all topics, animal care, grief, mico, service dogs, the grief of loss

  animals, grief, mico, the grief of losing a service animal

• bittersweet

  

  It’s been bittersweet being at our new place. There is a lot of relief and worry, grief and celebration, a heaviness to the cold air that refreshes me all the same. Through it all, the feeling that dominates me most, underneath all the existential dread of the world and my future, and our collective futures,…

  Dani

  November 12, 2024

  aftercare, aisling, all topics, animal care, grief, mico, nest building, service dogs, the grief of loss

• My body is ripping apart at the seams but at least my dog is doing great!

  

  My baby girl is making me so proud with the progress she has been making! The last couple weeks she has seemed to TAKE OFF in her self regulation skills, which has always been the root of and largest piece of our challenges since day one! We have finally started to be able to co-sleep…

  Dani

  September 23, 2024

  aisling, all topics, animal care, animal hospice work, disability, mental health, chronic illness, & neurodiversity, ehlers danlos & the trifecta, epilepsy / seizures, grief, medical grief, medical updates, service dogs, sorrel, the grief of loss

  aisling, disability, grief, service dogs, sorrel, the trifecta

• a lil gift

  

  Sometimes u just gotta give them what they really want (tissue paper)

  Dani

  August 12, 2024

  aftercare, all topics, animal care, grief, mico, service dogs, the grief of loss

  aftercare, grief, mico, service dogs, the grief of losing a service animal

• Mico’s Anniversary

  

  Mico’s anniversary was yesterday. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year. It doesn’t feel like it, but I suspect it never will. I’m continuing to work on her scrapbook. It’s slow work, and I have to work on it in small bits and pieces since life has just been So Much lately, but I…

  Dani

  August 6, 2024

  aftercare, all topics, animal care, fermenting, food, grief, kitchenwork, mico, service dogs, the grief of loss

  aftercare, animals, brewing, fermenting, grief, mico, the grief of losing a service animal