All I Want for Christmas!
We all have watched the “Hallmark Moment” movies portraying pajama clad children surrounded by mounds of gifts on Christmas morning. They open a box and out pops an adorable puppy adored with a large ribbon. Though it is a touching heartwarming moment on film, it has been discounted by animal groups as an inappropriate time, and many have actually curtailed adoptions completely during the holidays. For years animal agencies have cautioned against pet adoptions during the holi
One Final Breath
I love writing about everyday people doing everyday life. Being a casual observer often affords me the opportunity to pause and watch, but always to give some profound thought to the simple origin we call life. Life is the presence of existence, the essence of breathing, thinking, moving, being. I hear so many excuses from people to cover some blunder that they have forgotten, sometimes coming from my own mouth, how life gets in the way of some mundane task. We go through the
