There’s something about seeing twinkling lights and hearing the opening notes of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” that makes part of my heart leap with joy...and another part quietly curl up in dread...

If you’ve read about Lars before, you know he’s my tender little soul...sweet, snuggly and absolutely wrecked when we go on vacation. And when I say I tried everything to help him, I mean everything. Here’s some of the ideas I tried for helping Lars with separation anxiety that I got from lots of online searches...