Beach House in the Burbs

I wrote this for Petco Love's, the Petco Foundation, 2024 Petco Love Stories contest. The challenge was to write about a rescue pet adoption in 500 words or fewer. The winners would receive money for the rescue organization of their choice, along with swag like tennis shoes, t shirts and Petco gift cards.  My story, Maggie Rescues Mom , won $10,000 for Mostly Mutts, the rescue organization where we got Maggie (and our tripod Ruby) and where I volunteer as a dog walker once a week. It is an amazing organization of 300 volunteers and very few staff, who rescue, rehabilitate and adopt out some of the most loving dogs around. If you're looking for somewhere to spend your time or dollars in Kennesaw, you can't go wrong with these folks.  Now, without further ado, in honor of Mother's Day: Maggie Rescues Mom Dementia is a horrible disease that robs people of themselves. They forget events, loved ones, how to care for themselves and others -- and sometimes, they forget that