• New Monkeys to Brighten the Day….

    Today’s Fortune: Make two grins grow where there was only a frown before. That’s some good advice, I guess. I am starting to smile again, and fun things have been happening at my house. I just wish Dharma was here to share them with me. That’s the best part of having a best friend. Late last week, a big box came to my house. It was a good thing, because it helped cheer me up some. My Mom’s good friend Beth sent a whole lot of good stuff to us! She sent Mom some very pretty yarn in brown and…

  • Goodbye, sweet Dharma Marmalade!!!

    Today’s Fortune: It is easier to smile than to frown. Sometimes fortunes are completely wrong. Especially today. Today is the day that Dharma has to leave. Yesterday afternoon we started gathering up all of her things. We laid out all of her clothes so she could decide what she wanted to wear for her trip. She thought that the jammies sounded like the most comfortable thing to travel in. Me and Mom agreed. We also gathered up her keepsakes to put into her little treasure bag that she brought.  I gave her one of my business cards because it had…

  • Friendship Bracelets……

    Today’s Fortune: Friendship knows no boundaries. Today is Dharma’s last official day here. Tomorrow I will help her get packed up, and we will take her to the Post Office to head to the next stop on her TSM adventures. Today, we decided to make “friendship bracelets”. Those are bracelets you make and trade with your best friend in the whole world, and you both wear them to remind yourselves of your friend when you are not with them.  I will think of Dharma every time I look at my bracelet, and she will think of me, too. First, we…