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Blog postOver the past few days, weeks, and months, I’ve noticed a (seeming) increase in friends with parents who are ill, dying, or have died. Each time, my chest aches at the thought of one more person beginning the slow, painful, and transformative journey of grieving a parent.
For some, it’s an angry, confusing time because the parent was abusive, estranged, homophobic, and/or changed by the unkindness of aging, dementia, and/or pain.
For some, there is a sweetness to the grief–clo -
Blog postA few months ago, I wrote about my first (attempted) Pap smear after sexual assault. In short, an already difficult experience was made worse by a GP’s refusal to honor promised accommodations.
Because I am in a low-risk category, I can opt out of Pap smears altogether. In fact, one GP in the UK has written about her reasons for doing so (actually, screening in general). Her argument boils down to:
Screening tests everyone Not everyone is equally at risk Tests are faulty False pos -
Blog postI have about ten minutes before Ladybug and I rush off to an appointment, but I wanted to give a little update as I haven’t written in so long. The inability to write has been due to some pretty terrible things happening at home, but I won’t go into that. Moving onto more pleasant topics!
Ladybug and I have attended two more flyball tournaments, and we’ve had fun at both. She’s now decided that the team is her pack. Last weekend, she even went up (on her own initiative) to both John a -
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Blog postPhoto credit: Gracie’s mum
Last weekend, I felt as if Ladybug had won a gold medal. She and I visited our first flyball tournament, didn’t have a meltdown, and made new friends. Watching her run around with the other dogs gave me a soaring, exhilarating joy. I want her to run free, but only if she can do so without coming to harm. The world is full of nasty, hurtful things and people who could cripple or kill her in an instant.
The paradox?
Learning to run free (in a s -
Blog postAs I’ve been mulling over our first flyball tournament, something keeps coming back to me:
This is what it looks like to have boundaries respected.
One thing that made an impression on me was when Lina (a prime Ladybug-spoiler) stopped in the middle of a conversation, looked at me, and asked if I wanted people to stop giving Ladybug treats. I’d said it was okay, but she wanted to make sure I really was okay instead of just being polite.
I appreciate that more than I ca -
Blog post(warning: massive post ahead! )
Ladybug and I have achieved so many amazing milestones recently that it’s hard to keep track.
Her:
Let someone else take her leash (more than once!) Let someone else pick her up Jumped into a crate (her new friend Lucy was in the neighboring crate, so Ladybug wanted some of the fun) Traveled a short distance in the crate next to her new friend Sky Traveled a long distance in the crate next to her new friend Sky Visited a flyball tournament G -
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Blog postJeepers.
We are now the official poster children for flyball.
I should send in our story to BFA (British Flyball Association) or UKFL (UK Flyball League) to use as an advertisement for flyball.
In four short weeks (really three, if you consider that four practices represent three weeks’ time), my little scaredy-cat fusspot has transformed into a confident, excited, and thoroughly spoiled madam. But spoiled in a good way! She jumped up on two people today, which I would -
Blog postSCENTWORK
Yesterday was a long and hot day, but it was a happy one. We went back to Ladybug’s very favorite scentwork class. It’s too bad it’s only once a month. I’d skipped our morning walk as we had obedience class and a play date afterward, but this was a mistake. She was so overexcited for class, impatient for her turn, and thrilled when she got something right. I’m actually not sure if she understood that she did something right (meaning something we wanted her to do) versus she -
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Blog postIt’s been a hectic few days! After a hard night’s sleep and a quick trip outside, Ladybug is napping.
After the amazing events of flyball and visiting a friend (Ladybug allowing someone else to hold her leash with increasing confidence, and even letting me go to the bathroom while she waited outside with my friend), we went to agility and puppy yoga yesterday with excitement and some tiredness. Well, maybe just me.
For agility, we had a substitute teacher. I was quite sniffy a -
Blog postIn the last few days, something lovely has happened.
Ladybug has begun to trust.
After I wrote Sunday’s blog post coming to terms with all the reasons I’ve unwittingly needed her to be fearful, something inside of me relaxed. So she’s timid and skittish. So what? If she were a human child and scared of strangers, I wouldn’t push her. I wouldn’t blame myself. I’d watch, wait, and let her tell me when she was ready to push her boundaries.
I also felt the most enormous se
Books By Anastasia Vitsky
Sci Spanks 2014: A Collection of Spanking Science Fiction Romance Stories (Seasonal Spankings Book 1)
Jul 15, 2014
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Maren Smith ,
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Louisa Bacio ,
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Anastasia Vitsky ,
Anne Ferrer Odom ,
Cathy Pegau ,
Erzabet Bishop ,
Leigh Ellwood ,
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Carole Cummings ,
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