Hello. We are the Griffins. We are sharing our journey of trying to craft a more meaningful and satisfying life through slowing down, simplifying, connecting more to nature, and sitting with the dog.
We originally started a blog to track our previous dog’s bucket list. Mister Molson was a golden retriever that shared many experiences and helped us make new memories. He also inspired us to be better humans. Writing about his adventures gave me a way to process life’s experiences and find the nuggets of wisdom he was leaving for us. We lost him in August of 2017 after completing over 50 bucket list items.
Now, we have Mister Muddy who will certainly teach us many lessons of his own. This blog is a continuation of our story and our journey. We will continue to share our experiences, mistakes, and successes in hopes that some of you may find value or at least entertainment.
We hope to pay forward all of the gifts Mister Molson gave us. We hope for many more memories with Mister Muddy and will try to give him the best version of ourselves. This begins a new chapter in our lives. Children and animals have a way of forcing us to be a little more introspective and challenge our calcified defensive mechanisms that may no longer serve us well. We are extremely lucky to have each other keeping us honest, open-minded, and living in the moment. Life gets muddy. Luckily, Muddy came along to help us sort it out.
We hope you enjoy taking this journey with us. We hope to do something different with this site that challenges each of us to be our best selves. We welcome any recommendations, comments, or advice that may help us better craft this modest & Muddy life.