I have three young children, two boys and one girl and every Easter I take three plastic eggs, two blue and one pink and put inside two hand-written notes. The first note is a prize, something like ‘I will take you to a movie’, the second is a special note from dad or...
My dogs sure are teaching me a lot. Rudy, the dog that joined our family just about a year ago and is a pure white lab, his heart is pure to. He was shot as a puppy and we paid a lot of money to have his jaw fixed and to eliminate the poison in his system. He probably...
Whenever I think I have a handle on life, my dogs teach me a new lesson on life and living. Sandi is part collie part mutt, but all heart, she is quite simply put, my dog. She follows me everywhere, sleeps with me, and is at the driveway when I arrive home.So what...
When I take my dog Katie for a walk, she used to pull on the chain very tightly. She longed to be off the leash. When I let her off the leash to run, she would not come back to me until she was tired, thirsty, and hungry. To me, the most important command to a dog is...
This story is tough to write about. It is personal. My mother and my aunt are at the core of this. However, at this time of the year, a story of forgiveness and reconciliation is of most importance.My mother and my favorite aunt (like a mother to me) had a...
I wanted to title this "I Believe in Miracles" but somehow it seemed redundant. If I believe, then I believe in miracles. First I should describe the situation. My Irish-Setter mix, Katie, the first dog of my three dog household, started to get ill this summer. My vet...
My friend of 30 years...we have gone though many tough times. His tough times, not so much mine. He had a bad marriage and was unable to forgive his wife. He descended into drugs, spiraling out of control, losing his home, his car, his self-esteem. Several times I...