Did you get a chance to check out the video on yesterday’s Blog post about replacing a pet that dies? What are your thoughts about it? When a beloved pet dies, you can be catapulted into distress. Tears will flow at various times for many reasons…at the thought of your pet’s past antics, or when […]

I recently saw a clip from the Jay Leno show…a guest talking about the death of his girlfriend’s pet, and what the guest did about it. It brings up the question: “Should you buy another pet to replace the one that died?” What do you think? Leave a comment. Thanks Melanie

Ever heard of a milblog (a military Blog)? —Soldiers in combat zones writing about their experiences, thoughts, and feelings of military life, but never about their unit locations or the timing of military activities. Army Public Affairs Spc. Lindy Kyze, says soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are encouraged to Blog about military life…it helps soldiers […]

Just like that…in an instant…your life changes forever. You wait. You watch. You wonder. At what point do you decide? “I’m so sorry,” someone says. “Please … ,” you plead. “But her brain is gone,” they gently say. “I want to stay with her,” you state after they pronounce her dead. The shock. It can’t […]

Exhausted, he wants to cry out for rest, peace and dignity. He just wants someone…anyone…to pause for a moment and talk to him. The nurses, orderlies, interns, residents are all so busy. Having a respirator down his throat, he is unable to communicate his thoughts, his feelings, or his needs. And his hand feels too […]

What if you had a year left to live? What would you do? Would you tell people? Would you quit your job? Travel? Spend more time with friends and family? Would you live from your heart? Would you blow your savings? Would you get a second opinion in case it’s a mistake? Is there something […]

If you believe you are of body, mind and spirit, when informed of a serious illness you are summoned to examine the meaning of your life and brought face to face with death: “So that’s the way my cookie crumbled…now what can I do with it?” Ask yourself, “Has life been filled with dead ends […]

In Flanders Fields (First published on December 8, 1915) In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, […]

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, WWI was formally ended with the German signing of the Armistice. We commemorate this day – formerly called Armistice Day – with services and ceremonies honoring the sacrifices made by many. And, for two minutes, we are in silent reflection each […]

“So far as I recall Nov. 11th 1918 came and went within the dreary confines of Giessen prisoner-of-war camp, without us having the slightest inkling of what was going on in the ‘free’ world outside… Soon after breakfast we were paraded in groups of around fifty men and marched at a hot pace through the […]