Momma Always Told Me There'd Be Days Like This

It's as challenging some days being an 11-year-old girl trying to find her way in the world as it is being a 41-year-old woman trying to find her way in the world.

Sometimes what helps most is a dose of unconditional love.

I know that. Nora knows that. Apparently Pocket Puppy knows it too because Monday, the first day back to school after a two-plus week break, he climbed onto Nora's back (and didn't start chewing her hair) when she collapsed in tears on the couch.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. —Elisabeth Kubler-Ross