My friend Dawn started blogging every day and her last entry was about seizing the day – and living in the moment. So I got to thinking…then I stopped. Stopped thinking, fired up the Mac and started writing.

That’s the point of a blog is it not. To write? I am so good at finding ways to sabotage myself. Why I have no idea. And you know what? I’m not going to try and figure it out. Or try to create the best blogging strategy. Or define the services I can offer. I’m just going to start posting blogs and photos and sharing what I experience and think and feel.

Today, I seize the day.

And in thinking about the past week, that’s the gift I received from Keesha, my elderly husky. I thought I was going to lose her and was ready to make the call to the vet. I cried all day Monday and Tuesday. I held her and told her how much I loved her and reminisced about our adventures. All the herbs and drugs she took before for her various ailments now sat unopened in the cabinet. But I did keep the appointment with a medical intuitive who does a sort of healing energy touch process with animals but from a distance.

We went for “one last walk” to the oak hill at Quarry Hill Nature Center. Near the edge of the old quarry wall, I lit some sage and gathered up some sticks. Each stick represented something I was clinging to from the past. Times I wish I had done better. Times I cringed at the memory of what I had done. I tossed them all into the face of the sun and let them go.

I felt grateful for every moment I spent with Keesha.

As I write this today, she’s peacefully snoozing at my feet. The miracle dog. Still old but not on death’s door anymore. Healthier than she’s been in months. It’s a mystery that I won’t ever understand but I accept the gift of her presence with me for as long as we have.

The lessons she taught me throughout her life and especially this past week are about seizing the day and being in the moment. This past week I dropped some heavy anchors to the past and spent my time being completely present with Keesha. Once again, she taught me. She teaches me and my friend Dawn reminded to live life in this moment, it’s all we’ve got.