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A little community help needed 💛A dear friend of mine is in hospice and will be ascending to the stars soon. Her sweet d...
08/21/2026

A little community help needed 💛

A dear friend of mine is in hospice and will be ascending to the stars soon. Her sweet daughter, who Lemon loved, is looking for a safe, comfortable place to call home as she steps into this next chapter of her life.

She’s a responsible, employed young woman, living on her own for the first time, and comes with a very sweet, well-trained Golden Retriever. 🐾

🏡 Looking for: 1–2 bedroom apartment or small 1-bedroom house
📍 Area: Lacey, Olympia, or Tumwater preferred, but Centralia works too (WA State)
💰 Budget: Up to $1,500/month
🐕 Must allow: One very good Golden Retriever

If you know of a rental, have a connection, or see something that might be a fit, please send it my way. And please feel free to share. 💛

** If this post is up, it means she is still looking. I will take it down once she has found housing. 🍓

07/25/2026

A little show-and-tell of what I call Lemon, Luda, Hermit, and Eepy's "cookie jars"... AKA their urns. 🍪🤍🐾

I also have another special place where I keep some of my other babies, so if you don't see someone here, that's why. ❤️

And isn't Lemon so funny? She apparently needed to let me know she wanted this butterfly picture next to her cookie jar. 🦋😂💛✨🥹🌈🐾

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Tomorrow is a big day. It will be Ida's 3rd Gotcha Day, and what we call her 9th'ish birthday (basing it off her Embark ...
07/11/2026

Tomorrow is a big day. It will be Ida's 3rd Gotcha Day, and what we call her 9th'ish birthday (basing it off her Embark Dog DNA Test age test). It will also be 1 month since Lemon transcended.

To shake off the work week and the grief, we went to our favorite swim spot. The wind was blowing and creating Ida-sized little waves, but this brave girl rode them like a pro surfer. And Lemon was there, shining bright.

For three years I've been living in fear of Lemon passing. I didn't think I could handle it, and if I'm honest, I don't know if I fully trusted you would get me through it, Ida.

I wanted cuddles. I still want cuddles. But somehow, Luda knew that I would need a little tough love. I questioned his decision making in sending you at first, but guess what? He was right.

You get me out of bed. You remind me to eat. You don't let me work too long. You force me outside. And every time I don't feel like an adventure, you make me go on one anyway. And every time I feel so much better for it.

Ida, my love. You might still call me Stepmom when you yell at me, but this Mama loves you. You are my best mistake.

07/05/2026

🎬🍿 Movie night with sleepover friend Dilly! 💜

And yes... Dilly is laying right on top of Ida. 🥹 I actually think it's helping make Ida feel extra safe and cozy. Like a weighted blanket. 🛌🏼

Ida, meanwhile, is off to la-la land thanks to a little ✨trazzle dazzle✨... and thank goodness for that. If there's something that can help ease the PTSD from the worst day of her life three years ago, you better believe I'm going to use it.

For those who may not remember, on the Fourth of July in 2023, Ida spent the entire night running terrified during a brutal heatwave. She suffered heatstroke before she was finally found and brought to a shelter, which was another incredibly frightening experience for her.

July 10 is her gotcha day. 🩷 After her stray hold expired, the shelter connected with Old Dog Haven, and that's when our worlds collided. Lemon and I were still deep in grief after losing Luda, and somehow Ida found her way to us when we all needed each other most.

Fireworks still haunt her, but thankfully they're much more manageable where we live than in many places. The meds are helping her rest, and I think having a tiny friend by her side is helping too. 🐶💕

Tonight, my heart is with all the people, companion animals, wildlife, and the environment affected by fireworks. 🌎🕊️ This land carries a history far older than 250 years, marked by both beauty and profound suffering. May it get better.

07/03/2026

🎆 Sleepover time!!! 🐾💕

Delilah is staying with us for the holiday weekend because, like Ida, she absolutely hates fireworks. 💥😬 They're really intense where she lives, so she's escaping to our house where they're still around, but much more manageable.

Since Ida isn't a fan either, Dilly will fit right into our annual "bunker mode" routine starting tomorrow. 🛋️🎬

Dilly is tiny, sweet... and just a little bit naughty. 😇😈 Ida won't admit it, but I think she's secretly enjoying having a little friend to supervise. She's already started laying down the law! 😂 Thankfully, Dilly has very bossy siblings at home, so she knows her place and doesn't mind Ida's rules one bit. ❤️

And me? I'm just grateful for an extra snuggle buddy for a few days. 🥹🐶🐶

So... what movie should we watch tonight? 🍿🎥

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Eight weeks down, and Ida officially got the all-clear for the next phase of recovery! 🥹🐾Today's X-rays look good, and s...
06/26/2026

Eight weeks down, and Ida officially got the all-clear for the next phase of recovery! 🥹🐾

Today's X-rays look good, and she's been cleared to slowly ramp up activity! 🎉 We go back in another eight weeks for more X-rays because this type of fracture is notoriously slow to heal, but everything is pointing in the right direction. 💛

For now she's cleared for walks, swimming, and gentle toy play. Water fetch is okay because the water keeps things low impact. 🌊🎾 Balls and fetch on land are still off the menu, though. Ida simply doesn't believe in moderation when it comes to fetch. 😂 She's also still under strict "no jumping off furniture" orders, so the ramps and stairs will continue their retirement. If she can't get on the furniture, she can't jump off the furniture. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Sadly, for me, that means I'm still sleeping alone after Lemon crossed the Rainbow bridge. 🌈 😭

To celebrate, we headed straight to her favorite swim spot. 🌧️🏞️ Even though it was chilly and rainy, she had the best time splashing around. She was far less thrilled when she realized our usual post-swim routine no longer includes an epic game of ball to dry off. Instead, we wandered the park together and played a little hide-and-seek with her piggy. 🐽 🥰

Back home, we did my favorite kind of gardening: chilly, rainy gardening. 🌹 We deadheaded Lemon's roses so they'll reward us with another beautiful bloom, and now we're drying off, curled up together, and calling it a night. ❤️

It's been a long road with plenty of ups and downs, but she's off all medications, her foot is healing well and aligned, and now it's mostly a matter of giving it the time it needs. The extra activity she's been cleared for is going to do wonders for burning off some of that pent-up Ida energy—which, if we're being honest, is probably going to do more MY mental health than even hers cause trying to reign in this wild red mare has been hard 🐎. 🥹💕

If you're here, chances are you knew her...🦋 Walk. Give. Save animals. In memory of Lemon Poppyseed. 🦋💛 Visit → https://...
06/23/2026

If you're here, chances are you knew her...

🦋 Walk. Give. Save animals. In memory of Lemon Poppyseed. 🦋

💛 Visit → https://linktr.ee/nowthatsludacrislemon

You were there from the beginning, when Lemon first came to me, fighting through illness and then through the surgery she needed just to take an easy breath. 🐾

You watched her come through it. You watched her fall in love with Luda. 💕 You watched the two of them get their own yard. And you grieved alongside us when Luda suddenly passed. 🌈

You were there for the joy, too: when Ida came, and then Hermie. The bucket list adventures, from swimming 🏊, to visiting a farm 🚜, to stealing squash 🎃, to bugging Ida. All of it.

And you were there through every cancer Lemon faced, and faced again, and again. She stayed determined and enthralled with everything around her, savoring every bit of life right to the end.

That was just who she was. ✨

When we started our PAWSwalk team this year, Lemon was right here beside me. We jokingly named it Lemon's Boyfriends 😄, a nod to all the boy doggy friends who make up our team each year.

She had big plans to help us hit our miles and our fundraising goal for PAWS, the place she came from.

She's still here, in her way. These days she visits as a yellow butterfly 🦋 from the other side, and every time one drifts past, I know it's her — soaking in the beauty of life, reminding me to keep doing the same. Reminding me to keep carrying others, the way she carried me through losing Luda, and then losing Hermie.

So I'm going to keep going. 💪

I adopted Lemon from PAWS as a senior dog who needed so much, and she gave me back a life fuller of love than I ever knew was possible. Now it's our turn to pass that on.

Somewhere out there, right now, is another homeless dog waiting for their forever home 🏡, maybe an old one, maybe a sick one, maybe one everyone else passed by…

This is your chance to help them find a home as full of love and life as the one Lemon lived. One just as special as her. 💛

👇 Here's how you can be part of it:

🐕 Walk with us. Join our team, and every mile you walk raises funds for animals in need. Lace up, get outside, and walk for the ones who can't ask for help themselves.

💵 Or give. Donate to our team's total. Every dollar goes directly to PAWS to help more animals like Lemon find their way home.

This is for Lemon. And it's for all our little loves: Luda, Hermie, Ida, and every sweet soul who came before. 🌷 It's for yours, too, all the ones you've held and lost and carried with you. The ones we loved, the ones we miss, and the ones still out there waiting.

🦋 Walk. Give. Save animals. In her memory, and in her honor, let's turn all of this love and grief and laughter and tears into something that saves a life. 💛

🔗 Join us, give, or learn more here → https://linktr.ee/nowthatsludacrislemon

With love,

Brooke and Ida 🐾

Ida is trying to pretend she finally achieved her ultimate status as Only Child.But the thing about having your entire w...
06/17/2026

Ida is trying to pretend she finally achieved her ultimate status as Only Child.

But the thing about having your entire world revolve around competing with your sister is that sometimes you forget that was actually the best part. It's lonely and kind of boring at the top.

The night I came home late and without Lemon, I got down on the floor with Ida so she could smell my sweater and hopefully understand. So she could grieve too.

Then she did something she normally only does during fireworks: she slept on my pillow, curled against my head like a hat.

I thought maybe that would become our new thing.

But she hasn't wanted to be my hat since.

It tells me she knew, and that night she was grieving with me.

Today I found Lemon's favorite frog. 🐸 It was a special no-share toy that had to stay locked up and only came out for one-on-one time with Lemon. Normally Ida is the one who steals and guards all the toys, but Lemon had a special thing for squeaky toys, and there were a few she would go to war for.

This was one of them.

Ida never got to play with it.

When I gave it to her today, she carried it around for the rest of the night, and brought it to bed with her.

Ida, you aren't fooling me.

Even though you play the tough guy and have a very limited tolerance for snuggles because you're always running late to some sort of secret meeting, you aren't fooling this mama.

It's okay.

I miss her too. So, so much.

Whenever your heart hurts, Ida, you can always be my hat. ⛑️

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