I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that I reacted that way about a dog. It took several months to recover. Basically just getting up, going to work, going through the motions of life. Every day hoping I could return to “normal”. I mention this because as I was in this ...
We are doing great. I’ve never seen a dog smile so much. Her little body is going to lift off when she gets going wagging and flashing that humongous grin. The integration is done. We took our first walk this morning. I had a couple of friends help me walk her and my two youngst...
My great aunt bought me a whole set of Odyssey tapes one year for my birthday, and I burned through all of them. If you recall, the stories revolved around a kookie inventor named Mr. Whittaker, affectionately known as “Whit” by the children in the neighborhood who hung around his sho...
These stories served as scaffolding for constructing a portion of my parenting philosophy. Parenting Toward Interdependence I wanted my kids to be up and running on their own, with confidence and loads of know-how under their belts before they left home. I wasn’t striving for totalindependence...
Lacey, of Animal Haven in New York City, told The Daily Beast the shelter had seen a marked increase in dog and cat adoptions. “We’re finding that anybody who felt on the fence about bringing a pet into their home before now sees this as a good time to do it. Peo...