That is a phrase that I use a lot when I get around animals…you should have heard me at Yellow River Game Ranch. I felt like Snow White surrounded by my small, cuddly woodland friends. I’m sure John tires of this at times. Thankfully, I get enough fulfillment from my friends’ pets to keep from “accidentally” visiting a PetsMart on a Sunday and bringing something home. When that doesn’t work, I appease my need to connect with non-human beings at various animal parks.

This is such a difference from pre-Charlie years. I’ve always owned animals and loved them like humans. Until right after Charlie was born I was the Mommy of one dog and two cats. Then we moved into a squashed townhouse. With a baby and no yard, my poor Zoe (world’s best Golden Retriever), was not getting enough exercise or attention that she needed. So we found her a new home. She now lives the dream life of all dogs – running around a 14-acre farm! My precious kitties went to my brother and have lived very happily with him and his fiance as well. Although finding new homes for my furry family was the best thing for them and for us, it still kills me. I MISS THEM!

Charlie has inherited my love of animals, so I see a point in our future where he will be begging for a pet and I will be bristling at the thought of going through all of that again. We’ll have to stick with pet rocks as long as possible.

Unless I can have one of these…

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