9/26/20 A lot to celebrate!

Today is our teenage daughter's 15th birthday! My how quickly they grow up! She's turning into such a beautiful young lady & we couldn't be more proud of her. No matter how many challenges she faces she keeps going & always brings a smile to those around her. Today is also the day that I signed all of the paper work to finalize my adoption of Bridget - my new service dog in training! I'm so excited, this means the world to me after losing Lexi. A service dog is such a huge help & gives me more confidence in leaving home, plus helps so much even while at home. I'm looking so forward to the day when she has finished training & can start going out with me. For now she is living with the trainer, but in a few weeks she will start coming here on at least the weekends. The trainer brought her over to our home today & we tried some shoes on her for the very 1st time. Even though the shoes were a bit to big, she did great & accepted them with no problems! I'll be ordering a smaller pair here soon so that she will be ready for the dangers of winter road salt, & ice. We have friends coming tomorrow to celebrate our daughter's birthday & my finalized adoption of Bridget. Lot's of baking & cooking to do in preparation, thankfully my family will be helping me. I want to make sure that her birthday celebration is special.