When life took a series of unexpected turns, Dr. Colleen Anne Dell knew she had to draw on her mental health reserves. These reserves, however, had not been filled up in the last couple of years; they were depleted through grief, illness, a pandemic and change. Colleen will share how she had to dig deep into her connections with her companion dogs and community work with therapy dogs to face the next day, and stumbled upon memoir writing to bring it all together.