Margaret’s Dog Mom Story
A “Dog Mom”. Some people might laugh or chuckle when they hear me refer to myself as that. They clearly are not dog people π I am very much a “dog mom”.Β I have always considered myself a dog person.Β I grew up around dogs and they have always...
Memories of Paws: My Dog with Cancer
My dog, Paws, was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi I adopted when I was only twelve years old, and she was only eight weeks old. She was my first dog, and I still remember holding her in my lap on the car ride home, beyond excited to have her in my family. We literally did...
Andyβs Cancer Journey
As I was checking in on our Facebook feed I was excited to see the first post from one of our CORE Members who had received this year’s ornament. Kathy’s post about the ornament and her reason for becoming a CORE Member drew me in to reading her entire...
βGoodbye my brotherβ: A Marineβs loving sendoff for the cancer-stricken dog who saved him
The evening sky was thick with dark gray clouds. There were three volleys of rifle fire. Then silence. AΒ bugler sounded the lonelyΒ notes toΒ βTaps.β As friends and fellow patriots saluted,Β Jeff DeYoung carried his best friend Cena, a hardened Marine combat veteran like...