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Jenny Stringer

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Challenging Mom

Over the past seven years, the career woman had long since been silenced by the laughter of kids, the barking of dogs and the daily hustle of life.

It's Not About Pit Bulls, It's About Pity On A Family Being Bullied

Imagine if we all had lawsuits against our neighbors over things we feared in our minds. Things that haven't happened yet but hypothetically could happen.

Be The Voice For The Dogs Left Behind

Without fail, as we make our way down the long florescent lighted hallways toward the front doors, anyone walking by smiles at the dogs that were saved from the 'unadoptable' room...

Family

Lessons Learned from a Kindergartner on the Soccer Field

At that moment, I realized I was at a new mile marker in my parenting journey. My children no longer only relied on only me for guidance, confidence and all other life skills....

(No Longer) The Preschool Skeptic

I thought of preschool as the great American scam, glorified daycare, an excuse to be kid-free for a couple hours a few days a week. I was not sold on the idea at all.

Pets

Spoken From The Heart

This little deaf puppy, that I still want to keep, might never hear a spoken word but he is already communicating in a language spoken from the heart.

Pets

Pit Bulls In The News

Please remember there are vicious pit bull attacks happening every single day by the hands of heartless humans that are not making the five o’clock news.

Pets

To the Mom of ‘Little Muffin’

The way you shuffled into grooming, frantically opening the half door and scooping up your ‘Little Muffin’ is almost comical in my mind.

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

I was broken up with via text the other day...okay, I did not really break up with anyone and it was a letter in the mail not text but it was the termination of a relationship.

No Puppy Rule - Broken (Twice)

We all know that curiosity killed the cat but I am wondering what killed the dog. Calvin may be trying to figure out the answer to that question, or so it seems.

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