About 6 months ago I had a wake-up call… or so I thought. I hadn’t been eating well at all, was sick all the time, and right after my birthday had a real health scare. I took that as a sign that I was supposed to make a change. I decided the best thing for me to do was go vegan. I knew I couldn’t have dairy anymore and I’d gone vegetarian in the past so I figured I’d give it a shot.

It’s hard to believe that just a week ago Magnus joined our little family. He’s so comfortable with me and Mojo now that you’d think he’d always been here. Seeing the two of them play as Magnus tests his limits just warms my heart so much. I barely have the words for it at all.

Sometimes things come our way that we just weren’t prepared for. I invite you to now sit back, maybe grab a drink, and enjoy the story of Magnus.

Gratitude. It’s something I try to practice every day. Even when life sucks, we can always find at least one thing to be grateful for, right? Maybe gratitude looks differently on different people, and that’s ok, but being grateful for what we have and instead of upset over what we don’t is the key here.

Yesterday I was waiting on pins and needles all day. I knew there was a package coming with copies of my book and I couldn’t sit still. I knew that pacing the apartment and constantly checking the tracking on UPS wasn’t going to make the package get here any quicker, but I’ve had so many issues with deliveries the last few months that I was terrified something would happen. I had this vision of the box filled with my books just being driven away, never to be seen again. I desperately attempted to distract myself with other things throughout the day, but I am the least patient person on the planet. I can’t wait for anything if I know it’s going to make me happy. I basically don’t have an ounce of Burr in me. I’m all Hamilton… full steam ahead all the time.

Do you ever have a moment where you look at your life and think, “Wow, things are pretty great!”