One of my favorite holidays is right around the corner, Thanksgiving! And it is not my favorite holiday just because of all the delicious food I eat, but also because it enables me to stop, take a deep breath from the trials and pressures of life in my daily world and of the world around us, and to really pause and think of the things I am most thankful for. Without a doubt, this is something I should be doing every day of my life, but like many others, I do not do it as much

On Veterans Day we honor the men and women who have served in our armed forces, now let us take a moment to also consider the dogs who stay home waiting for their loved soldiers to come back from the war, the military working dogs who have served beside their soldiers, and service dogs who have become part of the veterans post-military lives. Dogs of home: when soldiers go to their deployments, some of them can not make arrangements for their dogs’ care, in some cases they ar