This Is What 5 Puppies Taught Me

That I am insane. Okay, so not a big reveal!  I’m known to be a bit, ahem, eccentric?  And other people have different terms for it.  Especially when it comes to Labradors. So folks who aren’t show breeders don’t understand why we have a litter every year.  And it...

How To Deal With Change When You Don’t Wanna

We hate change. Well, almost all of us do.  We like our lives the way they are, no?  Even when we’re bored (or slowly dying) with our jobs or houses or god forbid, mates, life itself becomes a habit.  And we are fairly loathe to change habits, even if we know they’ll...

How Do You Love The World You Have Created?

We all have dreams, right?  Goals, ambitions, objectives—you know, all those things you spend time visioning about, planning for, breaking down into achievable steps.  Wanting.  If you don’t have passion for a goal, it’s not a dream but someone else’s idea for you. ...

Know This: It Is Okay To Have A Bad Day

Of course we’re all going to have them.  While I do know people who seem to skate through planet Earth with little negative occurring (they exist, I promise. Amazes me too!), most of our lives are a mix of the good and the bad, the happy and the sad, times of soaring...

Why You Need To Follow Your Dreams

I have a button—big and round, the kind that has a pin in back where you can wear it—of a little girl letting go of a bright balloon.  The caption says simply: “Follow Your Dreams.” Cheesy, I know!  But I’ve had this now for thirty-five years—when the writing bug bit...