So you’re having a bad day? Nothing is working out the way you quiet wanted it to? How about a bad year? It’s funny how when one bad thing happens it seems that everything else seems to go wrong as well. Everyone has been there, bad days happen to everyone.  Denise Simmions had a horrible year. You’ll want to recount your blessings after you hear about the year Denise had to endure. Your bad day wont seem so bad after all.

Earlier in the Spring Denise and her husband Bill had to put their beloved Vizsla, Tashee to sleep.  “She was such a sweet dog. The best dog that I had.” Denise said as she looked at a framed picture that was sitting on her coffee table. Her eyes began to fill with tears. Denise and Bill owned many dogs during their marriage, some of them even had puppies. “Tash was a great mom to her pups, she had two litters.” Denise went on talking about Tashee telling anecdotes of the times she would take her dog to her families lake house.  Tashee loved playing in the water it seemed, or she just loved being with her owners. Loosing a dog is like losing a friend. Denise spent her Summer moving on from the passing of her dog.  Spending time at the lake house with her friends and family. Good times were had through out the summer.

Soon Denise would go back to her full time job at Morningside College. As the secretary for the bookstore Denise would greet students and faculty with a contagious smile as they walked through the double doors. Unfortunately Morningside needed to make some budget cuts and had to lay off a handful of people.