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Michelle Meehan Schrader
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Columnist, Belleville News-Democrat
Illinois
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By Michelle Meehan Schrader|Belleville News-DemocratVerifiedThe whole drive home he didn’t look at me. He sat erect in the passenger seat next to me and stared out the window. I wasn’t sure if he was sad. Or bored. Or he just didn’t trust me. A couple hours later, he was sitting in my lap. “I’m pretty sure I love you, Louie,” I told the black-and-white pooch who was up for adoption through the Belleville Area Humane Society. “I didn’t expect to feel so strongly so soon.”But the heart wants what the heart wants. And my heart wanted this dog.
By Michelle Meehan Schrader|Belleville News-DemocratVerifiedI am a happily-married, middle-aged woman who lives vicariously through her friend who dates. This friend – I’ll call her Libby – was married once before. It didn’t go well. But Libby is an optimist. And as the friend of an optimist, I feel it is my duty to quiz her on her love life. “I’ve got you on speaker phone because I look like a gargoyle,” I told her on a recent Sunday morning. “I’m way too scary looking for a video call.” I smoothed my wrinkled pajamas and plopped down on the sofa.
By Michelle Meehan Schrader|Belleville News-DemocratVerifiedThe whole drive home he didn’t look at me. He sat erect in the passenger seat next to me and stared out the window. I wasn’t sure if he was sad. Or bored. Or he just didn’t trust me. A couple hours later, he was sitting in my lap. “I’m pretty sure I love you, Louie,” I told the black-and-white pooch who was up for adoption through the Belleville Area Humane Society. “I didn’t expect to feel so strongly so soon.”But the heart wants what the heart wants. And my heart wanted this dog.
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Belleville News-Democrat
Overall strategy of BND Media: To be the dominant provider of news, information and advertising in Southwestern Illinois, through our mobile, tablet and desktop platforms, as well as through the BND, Highland News Leader, O'Fallon Progress and other print niche products.
Belleville, Illinois, United States
+1 618-234-1000
Founded: 1858