06/17/2026
Monday, I got to meet two wonderful rascals - Georgia and her daughter Peaches. Time and time again I’m reminded of the profound healing power of animals wild or domesticated. While frolicking with these two, I was also reminded of the simplicity of both kindness and grace.
Uncle Goggle defines a stranger as “someone you do not know or are not acquainted with”. Georgia and Peaches come from a loving family with a vibrant history of dogs, primarily FCRs and GRs. I was welcomed into their home not as a stranger, though I was, but as an animal lover and a FCR fan (stay tuned for more on this) with kindness, pictures, ice tea and great stories.
In my work, the veil between stranger and familiar is thinner than most. One can learn a lot about people in 5 minutes and what we learn can heal or hurt. Further, that 5 minutes can grow into something really nice and often does. So many of us have become strange - to ourselves, to each other, to family, to friends and to community but it doesn’t always have to be that way, not really. Here at LAP, things are easy and familiar in a basic way, like authenticity, kindness or belonging. It’s a cool place to chill out and let acupuncture do the work alongside others. Pop on in, feel less like a stranger and more like a familiar - we’d all love to see you. Shadow
