By Katie Tallo

This is my new puppy, Levi. He’s nine weeks old. He is smart and sweet and playful. He wakes every few hours in the night so we bond outside under the moonlight in the bitter cold. I am feeling love and dread all at the same time. I keep wondering what I’ve done. The new can be that way. It can be wonderful, frightening and off putting. I am diving deep into the new – all of it and living right here and right now, knee deep in puppy poop. Have a very puppy christmas. I know I will. ... More...