How an adopted dog rescued our family. The ASPCA says approximately 4.1 million shelter dogs are adopted each year. Little did we know what adopting a little shelter dog would do for our family. It was 2009, and we were knee-deep in a home improvement project. You...
Blue days come and go You’ve probably heard the children’s rhyme: “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. He went to bed with a cold in his head and couldn’t get up in the morning.” Kids sing it when rain falls from the sky as a possibility of warding...
Live, laugh, love I trust my kids implicitly. If you believe that, I have some swampland to sell you in Florida too. Kids, as we know, are not the most reliable sources of information. You want to trust them, but should you? Always trust kids, if you want the...
Good relationships are difficult to keep and they easily slip away. I called my high school English teacher the other day. In case you think I’m joking, I’m not. Who would pick up the phone and dial up an old teacher? A student who is profoundly touched by the teacher...
It’s about battling the giants in your life David and Goliath is a story you may have heard. If you are unfamiliar with it, perhaps you’ll relate better to the story of an underdog who comes out of a situation triumphantly. That’s the abridged version of a cautionary...
