❤ Puppy Gibson  ❤ We love Fridays! And now even more so! Last Friday, I shared the story of how while flipping through some photos of my furkids when I came across some of when they were babies. What a treasure! I immediately strolled down Memory Lane with my daughter reminiscing about the many adorable, crazy things they use to all do as puppies! Oh, that stage sure does go by all too quickly! So, in honor of puppyhood, I've decided - with great cheers from many of you - to do a Flashback Friday series, featuring puppy pics of the Sibe kids. Please join in! Grab the button, stick it on your blog along with a photo of your furkid(s) and let's all have fun strolling down Memory Lane together! I'm hoping this will be a Blog Hop, so be sure to link up to that as well! Here's two pics for this week - the top one is of my wooly boy, Gibson, on his first day home at age four months! He was such a cute furball. That night, he slept on my lap (he was already a big boy at...

I believe William Wordsworth had it right. Every time I see a rainbow my heart does indeed leap. When we lose a faithful companion, I'd like to think it's their way of sending us a message of their safe arrival beyond the Rainbow Bridge and how they will always be with us...and the rainbow serves as a beautiful reminder of that. Today, we'd like to say goodbye to a Blogger friend of many of ours... Mango , who just Wednesday morning, suddenly embarked upon his final journey to a land where he can run and roll and be...Mango! We also send our heartfelt condolences and Husky hugs to the Mango Momma. Mango was one of the featured Canine Epilepsy dogs in my awareness video showing how being an Epi-Dog did not slow him down in life. You can check out this brave warrior, who beat that Seizure Monster for the last year of his life and keeping it away, never to return, at marker :48. I'm sure Mango is now up in the rolling green hills of the heavens, boldly w...

Shhhh...the FiveSibes here...we took Hu-Mom's laptop when she wasn't looking to share our very special Birthday wishes and woos to her with all our love. ♥ We hope you all enjoy our very special song we did just for her!    Awww, thanks, kids! That was just beautiful! Love you all so much!  ♥ ~Hu-Mom

What have my FiveSibes™ characters been up to? Last week, I was so excited to learn from humor writer Carol E. Wyer, who is the author of Mini Skirts and Laughter Lines, Surfing in Stilletos , and the creatively funny force behind the Facing 50 With Laughter blog , that I was tagged for a feature entitled "The Next Big Thing." This weekly feature, where each author passes the torch on to five others for the following week's "The Next Big Thing," is all about writing and what "The Next Big Thing" writers are working on. What a great way to learn more about an author and discover some new reads. At the end of my session, I'll be tagging five other authors, so be sure to read along! So much fun! Many "woos" from the Sibe kids and a huge "Thank You" from this FiveSibesMom to Carol for selecting me! I shall carry the torch with pride. Here we go... What is the working title of your book? Getting Healthy With Harley ...

Our FurAngel Chelsey with puppy Harley, circa 2005 I was flipping through some photographs and came across some from when Harley and Gibson were pups! What a pleasant surprise to find these - like jewels - that slipped out from between the pressed pages of a book. With everything being digital nowadays, having an actual photograph to look at versus checking one out online or on our phones is actually quite rare. I was still shooting with a film 35mm camera when Harley and a while later, Gibson joined our family, which consisted, at the time, of just one dog - our rescue German Shepherd/Akita, Chelsey who we adopted as a puppy. Reminiscing over the photos, I thought, "Wouldn't it be fun to do a 'Flashback Friday' every Friday featuring pics of my furbabies when they were pups?" They grow up so fast; it will be nice to take time to reflect upon the joy these puppies have added to our lives by featuring a different photo each Friday. Days go by so fast, som...

Wooo-Woo! All Aboard the Blog Book Tour! Gibson and all of us are excited for today's stop is with RumpyDog! Please be sure to stop over to Rumpy's blog and check out the great interview, where we talk about Canine Epilepsy, Gibson, and my illustrated children's book the FiveSibes™ Tale, What's Wrong With Gibson? Learning About K-9 Epilepsy .  Canine Journalist Extraordinaire! A huge round of Husky woos to Rumpy, who asked some very important and key questions about the disorder. We are sending out big thanks for joining us on our Blog Book Tour and for joining us in the all-important Canine Epilepsy Awareness.  RumpyDog , you're a great canine journalist!     * * * * * * * * * *   A percentage of proceeds from What's Wrong With Gibson? Learning About K-9 Epilepsy will benefit the Emma's Fund at the Canine Epilepsy Resources center, a valuable online site filled with information, resources, articles, and home of the EPIL-K9 lis...