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September 26, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

A Message from Marley

A great movie with a wonderful message

  The movie is from 2008, but I love it just the same. Marley and Me stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, but Marley the dog steals the show! A sweet story of love and family, one of my favorite lines is spoken after a huge fight between husband and wife. They are both exhausted […]

Filed Under: Blog, Coaching, Home Life, Life Coaching, Motivational, Personal, Spiritual Tagged With: blog, Career, dogs, encouragement, faith, family, Life, personal development, spiritual, thoughts to ponder

September 25, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith 1 Comment

Kuma’s Birthday Celebration in Show Low, AZ

Kuma cools off

    My birthday is actually tomorrow, and I turn 15 years old or 84 ish in dog years. Wow, how did that happen? I was just a pup bounding my way through adventures, and now, well, I’ve slowed down a tad. I am still game for adventures, and Mom and Dad took me to […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Arizona, blog, dogs, family, fishing, hiking, Kuma, scenic drive, Show Low

September 20, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith 1 Comment

Love Others While They Are Alive

We all need friends. This blog reminds us to seek others.

We seem to make the effort to attend funerals, but we don’t always make time to see people while they are alive. We aren’t guaranteed tomorrow!  

Filed Under: Home Life, Life Coaching, Motivational, Personal, Relationships, Spiritual, Vlog Tagged With: encouragement, faith, family, Life, relationships, spiritual, thoughts to ponder, vlog

September 13, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Kinnikinnick Lake

Kinnikinnick Lake

As you know, Mom helps me with blogging about my adventures. Well, her computer crashed hard last week, and Daddy spent days and days trying to fix, repair, reinstall, and get it working again. We are pleased to report it seems to be working again—thank you Daddy! This all meant Mom wasn’t able to do […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Arizona, blog, dogs, family, fishing, Flagstaff, hiking, Kuma, lake, scenic drive

August 29, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith 1 Comment

A Doggone Great Day at Dogtown Lake

A great day

What a hot summer we have had. I am quite ready for fall! Thankfully, my folks took me up north this past weekend to cool off. This time we went to Dogtown Lake up near Williams. Although this seems too far for a day trip, it was about the same distance as going to Flagstaff, […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Arizona, blog, dogs, family, fishing, hiking, Kuma, lake, scenic drive

August 21, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith 1 Comment

Joint Support for Dogs

Kuma working his legs and hips

  Bummer. Hurricane Hillary didn’t bring us any rain; she hooked to the west. I didn’t want a hurricane, mind you, but I was hoping for some glorious rain. All we got was clouds and humidity. We are still hopeful for some monsoons later this week! Mom was the speaker for North Valley Church’s Women’s […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Arizona, blog, dogs, family, health, Kuma

August 14, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

A Hike Around Mingus Lake

Mingus Lake

  What did you think of my aging tips? I have to live them out every day as I approach 15 years old. I had a really rough couple of days and nights last week, but Mom and Dad made me feel much better by taking me up north. When we had our camper trailer, […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Arizona, blog, dogs, family, fishing, hiking, Kuma, lake, Life, Prescott, scenic drive

August 7, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Kuma’s Advice on Aging

Keep a positive attitude

  Hello dear readers! I missed last week because Mom didn’t know what end was up due to a traveling nightmare. I have never been on an airplane, and from what I hear lately, I don’t want to. Anyway, Mom and Dad ended up driving 21 hours straight from Ellensburg, Washington to Phoenix as United […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Aging, Arizona, blog, dogs, encouragement, exercise benefits, family, health, Kuma, Life, thoughts to ponder

August 1, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Don’t Ignore Betrayal

Don't ignore betrayal

Betrayal is defined as breaking or violating a contract, trust, or confidence, resulting in conflict, pain, and hurt within the relationship (Wikipedia). Live long enough, and you have been betrayed. As a species, we hurt each other, intentionally and unintentionally. The worst, however, is when someone defiantly and deliberately breaks their promise to you and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Coaching, Home Life, Life Coaching, Motivational, Personal, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Tagged With: blog, encouragement, faith, family, Life, mental health, personal development, relationships, spiritual, thoughts to ponder

July 24, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith 1 Comment

Mowgli Turns Two

Mowgli is part sass and sweet

  I don’t know what you did this past weekend, but we didn’t head North. The temperatures were hot everywhere in state with no place to go to cool off. Ugh. Uncle! Mom and Dad are desperately trying to keep landscaping/plants from dying. Please Mother Nature, we need some rain!    I am grateful for […]

Filed Under: Kuma's Great Adventures Tagged With: adventures, Arizona, blog, Cats, dogs, family, Kuma, Life

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