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Just one month after Trinity and I were matched through Big Brothers Big Sisters, we went to the Oak Creek Festival.  It was a beautiful day, and the face painter was really really good!  Since Trinity loves animals, she chose to become a puppy.  Trinity looked fabulous, and just like a puppy at the end of the day she was pooped out.  \u2013Sandy (Big Sister)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just one month after Trinity and I were matched through Big Brothers Big Sisters, we went to the Oak Creek Festival.  It was a beautiful day, and the face painter was really really good!  Since Trinity loves animals, she chose to become a puppy.  Trinity looked fabulous, and just like a puppy at the end of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRemembering the Early Days in our Match \u2013 Oct 2014 - COTA for Trinity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafortrinity\/2025\/05\/31\/remembering-the-early-days-in-our-match-oct-2014\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering the Early Days in our Match \u2013 Oct 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just one month after Trinity and I were matched through Big Brothers Big Sisters, we went to the Oak Creek Festival.  It was a beautiful day, and the face painter was really really good!  Since Trinity loves animals, she chose to become a puppy.  Trinity looked fabulous, and just like a puppy at the end of the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafortrinity\/2025\/05\/31\/remembering-the-early-days-in-our-match-oct-2014\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"COTA for Trinity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T16:34:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-31T16:34:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafortrinity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6550\/2025\/05\/Trinity-as-Puppy-Oak-Creek-Fall-Festival-Oct-2014-768x1024.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Family\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Family\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafortrinity\/2025\/05\/31\/remembering-the-early-days-in-our-match-oct-2014\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotafortrinity\/2025\/05\/31\/remembering-the-early-days-in-our-match-oct-2014\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering the Early Days in our Match \u2013 Oct 2014 - 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