Many of us have heard the phrase "in a perfect world", which refers to a situation where we would like to see everything perfectly played out. In a perfect world, there would be no violence or hatred. Love would rule. People would be kind and compassionate. Ca...

For the past few months, the world as we know it has been dealing with an unprecedented crisis. In late December, a virus was discovered in China that had a national outbreak within that country. The coronavirus, which is a large family of viruses can cause illnesses r...

      Approaching this blog entry had to be one of the more difficult tasks that I had to complete in my life. At the time of this entry, I had just experienced one of the most difficult losses I ever had to deal with in this life- the loss of my beloved animal compani...

As we approach another holiday season, I am amazed at how far people went this year to invoke the spirit of Christmas. I have to say I was blown away that people actually started putting up Christmas decorations almost three weeks before Halloween! I actually had one n...

November rolls in another festive holiday that brings together family and friends. Thanksgiving is a traditional event where people gather for food, fun and lasting memories. I am of the persuasion that I not wait until this holiday comes later on in the month, but to...

As we approach Halloween, there is one creature that is often featured and with great appeal while many are trick-or-treating. However, once this celebrated event has passed, many treat this creature like something carrying the bubonic plague. They are mysterious, snea...

It has been a minute since my last blog. So much has happened in the past few months and time simply did not permit writing in the fashion I wanted to for my blog post. I can honestly say though that as I write this blog, I am still in complete awe of how amazing these...

The other day, I was sitting in the car with my dog Ginger. As we have sat so many times before, this moment proved to be very significant. I was in the car just chattering away to her as if she were a second human being ready to give a response in my monologue. I knew...

     The holiday season is upon us again, and it presents different challenges for different people. There are those who are travel near and far to be be with their family and friends. Others may have to work and this means time away from family. Then there are those w...

 The death of a pet is never an easy event. Most, if not all, pet parents have experienced this most traumatic incident. There are just never easy words of comfort you can offer the person who has lost a beloved animal companion that they have cared for and nurtured pr...