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Maybe a puppy wasn’t such a bad idea, after all?

Last year, we lost Riley. Riley was our family dog. The puppy my husband and I adopted the summer we moved into our first home together. We had Riley for five years before any children came along. And in total, we had Riley in our lives for a decade. For anyone who’s had a pet, you know what kind of grief I’m talking about here. And my seven-year-old daughter Stella took it hard.

She grieved. And then her grieving turned into a guilt-inducing campaign for a new puppy […more!]

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