Lisa Schulte

My husband Mike and I have an Airedale Terrier named Sadie.

We love Sadie as only empty nesters can love their dog.

Now, we were both married before and brought into our marriage children.

And our kids have expressed jealousy over Sadie because A, well, A, B, C, and D, Sadie has both her parents with her.

Isn't that cute?

One of the highlights of our week is we always take a good long walk with Sadie on Sundays.

And I'll have you know, tomorrow is Sadie's third to last chemotherapy treatment.

She is in total remission.

Yay, Sadie.

Thank you, thank you.

And on Sunday mornings, it's our habit to take a long walk with Sadie.

These days, we walk down to Starbucks where we all rest for a little bit, sit outside no matter what the weather.

We're the fools there in January sitting outside with our mochas.

And then we walk home again.

We used to go to the dog park in Wauwatosa.

I don't know if any of you are familiar with it.

It's a great place to walk.

There's the big open area with all the frozen dog poop in the winter.

the melting dog poop in the spring and the icky dog poop in the summer.

Then there's a lot, there's a huge wooded area where there are abandoned concrete walkways and curved roadways.