Lake Lucy

We start where we always do — somewhere ridiculous. Brontosaurus names, Pluto's planetary status, a fearful stray puppy who won't come inside but absolutely will paw at the door the moment you turn your back. Then Rob joins us from Arizona, and we get to the reason Lake Lucy exists. He tells us Lucy's full story: how she came to him from an Air Force family in crisis, how she protected his family on a dark street without being asked, how cancer showed up fast and took her at eight years old, and what he carries with him about knowing when it's time to let go. It's the kind of conversation that sneaks up on you. In this episode:• A fearful stray puppy who runs from humans but follows the pack everywhere — including through a barbed wire fence at a dead sprint• Robbie's gay fish, a flooded bathroom, and why texting a teenager is a fundamentally hopeless enterprise• Why parts of this ranch are named after dogs — and what that actually means• Lucy's adoption from an Air Force family in crisis, and the meet-and-greet that turned into "we'll take her right now"• The night she planted herself between her family and a strange dog on a dark street and didn't move until it left• A cancer diagnosis at eight years old, a tumor that wouldn't stop rupturing, and the question nobody wants to answer: when is it time?• What Rob carries with him — and why he shares it with anyone facing that same impossible decision• "If not for the Patsys and the Lucys in our lives, this place wouldn't exist."Email us at [email protected] check out our website at https://www.setcenter.liveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/setcenterliveYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@setcenterliveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/setcenterlive