• Daughter Bear Puppy-sits

    The best part of coming home after being away for two days is the greeting at the door. Koda and Summer were excited to see us, wiggling their whole bodies and yelping. They jumped up and danced around me as I brought in my overnight bag. Ok, ok, here I am. Sitting down on the

  • I’m Free!

    I am relaxing in a hotel room 247 miles away from home. The puppies are being taken care of by my daughter and son in our house.  I am free! Tom Petty played in my head as we drove off this morning, “I’m free! Free fallin’ Free Fallin.” For the next 30 hours there would

  • Memories of the Big Tree

    It is right there on the screen in front of me: dark green and voluminous. I could be a bird flying above it’s fully loaded branches. Instead I am 2,879 miles away, sitting at my desk computer. As I entered my parent’s old address on GoogleMaps, I fully expected to see it long gone and

  • Mama Bear and the Very Bad Day

    The book that I would like to recommend today is one that I read to my second grade students years ago when I was a teacher. It was a favorite of mine that I would pull off of the shelf whenever it seemed like everything was going wrong in a day. It helped to bring

  • GrizzlyBearMa: Expressed through a Sketch by my Son

    My children make the best homemade cards for birthdays and Mother’s Day. Today I thought I would take the opportunity to share artwork on a Mother’s Day card I received from my oldest son. He captured the essence of the spirit of GrizzlyBearMa. Makes me smile every time I see the details in these pictures!

  • A Clean Bill of Health for both Puppies

    It’s official, the puppies are finished with their rounds of vaccinations. Today at their check up, at four months old, they had their last puppy shots. DHLPP, Bordatella, Canine Flu, and Rabies, check! They are protected and ready to take on the world! Koda weighed in at 26 pounds, and Summer at 27.2 pounds. Koda’s

  • Puppies on Sofa Amendment: APPROVED!

    With yesterday’s consideration of a rule change for the animals in our house, it has drawn me into contemplating our nation’s bill of rights and the amendments made over the course of time. Without getting too political here, I find several things interesting. For instance, we still have rules about quartering the soldiers in wartime