When One Door Closes… Eli’s Story Losing Shelby on January 6th, 2018 was one of the hardest days/times I ever endured. My sweet Chocolate Lab, whom I had devoted the past year to, fighting for her to become healthy and well, was gone. In that instant of hearing the news that there was No Hope, left me reeling, wondering how I could ever go on without her. I felt as if I’d failed. Not only myself but her too. How …
A Journey of Despair, then Hope, Love & Joy… My Brown Eyed Girl Shelby, who taught me the true meaning of “Joy In My Sorrow”. As a child, I remember an old hymn we used to sing in church, “There Will Be Joy In My Sorrow Someday”. I had little idea, how those words would resonate throughout my life. Reminded again and again, when tragedy or traumas occurred. I believed them, but I had never experienced the joy in my …