"I don’t think anything could have prepared me for that moment, or the searing grief that followed. But if I could go back in time to console myself, I would tell myself these six things..."...
If there is a cat two blocks away and you are wearing black and need to look crisp, I guarantee you the cat hair will miraculously attach itself to you from a great distance....
Telling folks that your son’s wedding will include four-legged participants is a litmus test for discovering how they feel about companion animals....
“They wipe his butt? With a baby wipe? Right over the kitchen counter?” It seemed a little over-the-top to me, but what did I know? I didn’t have a dog....
The office I work in is next door to our local DMV, giving me a direct view of government business as waves of people deal with their licensing issues, title tr...
Mom starts sobbing when I call to tell her that Blue, the not-so-small Newfoundland she’d held in her lap as a tiny puppy, is very ill. The first born of Bella’...
At lunch with a new friend,  I chatted about attending pet therapy.  Very delicately she asked “When did you know your dog needed therapy?” I  must have skippe...
