James 1:27 "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their distress."
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Pinetop

We have really enjoyed our trips to Pinetop and love having our own little place we can go with the dogs. Every time we go, the landscape is a little different and the renovations at our favorite lake (Woodland Lake) are complete. They redid all the asphalt on the paths so they are wider now and the lake is now full. They continue to add new playground equipment, and it is a great environment for everyone. Dainis loves to go to the different antique stores and check out the best deals, and we have our favorite restaurants. We usually do take out and enjoy eating at home with the dogs. We are set up outside on our little porch with a table and chairs and small propane firepit so when it is nice, we can eat outside. We even purchased a used gas grill so we can cook out!


Sunday, September 11, 2022

Abilities Expo

 We have never attended the Abilities Expo, held in Scottsdale, but decided to go this year to find out more about service dogs. We learned some new things and got some good contacts. I also had the opportunity to meet a fellow stroke survivor named Christopher Ewing. Chris is from CA and is actually a tv producer. He owns his own green room and equipment and when he had his stroke, he decided to use his resources to start helping other stroke survivors. He teamed up with Abilities Expo to be the voice of stroke and started a Stroke TV channel along with a podcast. I would love to be on his podcast at some point and was glad I had the opportunity to meet him in person.