Tag: Westie
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He’s not a Westie, but …
What is your favorite animal? I was a cat person my entire life, and had owned multiple Persian cats for decades, until a Catholic nun needed to rehome her beloved 4-year-old dog in 2011. Mutual friends—who knew how badly I had always wanted a Westie (to mark my mother’s Scottish heritage)—connected me with Sister Marie,…
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How Sixteen Pounds Changed My Life
In the fall of 2011, I was driving to work, chatting happily with my car pool. Even though my daughters were both away at college, I ferried two high school girls, family friends of ours, to the neighborhood where I teach so they could walk to their school each morning. One day in the school…
Michelle Blanchard Ardillo 