Tuesday, May 17, 2016

This morning I woke up whining and groaning in pain. It's raining. Rain always causes pain. Plus last night my medications got hung in my throat and I threw them up. So it's like missing a does of meds and rain-pain. I hurt!
I just want to go back to bed and hide under the covers, but the pain would find me there even if I did.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

I hate fibro.

I hate being tired all the time.

I hate not being able to live my life.

I feel useless.

I feel helpless.

I feel like a burden.

This is not how I pictured my life.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Protecting Boo
Let me say that you probably don’t understand the nature of the relationship between service dogs and their person. He’s not “just a dog” or even “a member of the family”. He is me. He is just as much a part of me as my arms, legs or eyes. He is just as much a priority to me as I am to me.  
He is on the “short list” of people I love and trust most. Mom, my daughter Kathy, & my grandson Ethan (and my son-in-law Ken) are the others on that list. Just consider this list as my immediate family. Yes, I called Boo “people”. That’s because he’s as important as I am. He is part of me!
If you didn’t make this list and you are mad “a dog” made it and you didn’t you can get over it or die with it, because it ain’t changing. It doesn’t mean I don’t like you, but you are not as important to my survival or my quality of life as this list of people is to me.
(And don’t pretend to be offended, because I’m sure I didn’t make your short list either.)
Like I said, he’s a part of me so don’t expect me to just stand by while you threaten or hurt him. It’s not a joke. It’s not funny. It’s not acceptable at all. You are threatening ME when you threaten him and I will defend him as if I were defending myself, mom, Kathy, Ethan or Ken.
I won’t stand for it. I can defend him as if I’m defending myself, and you can go to jail, pay a fine and be sued.

Georgia too has a mandatory jail term:
c) Any person who has received notice that his or her behavior is interfering with the use of an assistance dog who continues to knowingly and intentionally harass an assistance dog, knowing the dog to be an assistance dog, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 90 days or a fine not to exceed $500.00, or both, provided that any person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be punished as for a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.
GA ST § 16-11-107.1 .   This mandatory jail term also applies if a person knowingly allows his or her dog to harass an assistance animal.