This is an entertaining accounting, a journey of sorts, of my experiences as a pet owner from childhood through parenthood. It will make you laugh, cry, gasp and shake your head at times. Most assuredly you will come to the same conclusion well before you complete it as I had but ignored the small voices inside telling me the same message over and over. It took a very long time for me to stop and listen. I laugh about it now but the experiences took me on an emotional roller coaster. Raising my three children was a lot less difficult, lol. I hope that you enjoy my story.