The best birthday tweets include animals wearing tiaras

And a little imagination. Happiest of birthdays to @ericasmith! Today we celebrate #TiaraDay with very fancy and adorable critters. pic.twitter.com/w6RA5OXeFF — Lindsey Vehlewald (@LVehlewald) December 1, 2016 "What do you mean I'm not really a princess?" You do you, little buddy. cc: @ericasmith #TiaraDay pic.twitter.com/Md3xabaI70 — Lindsey Vehlewald (@LVehlewald) December 1, 2016 This hun bun… Continue reading The best birthday tweets include animals wearing tiaras

Bearcat Louise

This is the obituary I never wanted to write, although, logically, I knew that someday I would. I didn’t want for it to be now. Bearcat Louise Smith of St. Louis died April 19, 2013. She was 15. Bearcat was born the spring of 1998 in Maryville, Mo. She was adopted by two Northwest Missouri… Continue reading Bearcat Louise

I lost the cat. Again.

The move was successful, but Bearcat is confused. I think she spent half of Friday trapped in a closet, and I’m not yet sure how she got in there. (She’s not saying or blaming yet.) When I returned to the new home from an exciting day of cleaning at the old home, I couldn’t find… Continue reading I lost the cat. Again.