Category: Friendship

  • — The more you chase after something, the less likely you are to actually getting it. — Ok, Gare. You pretty much had me all turned around with that 'nothing really matters, so go for it!' bit you said earlier. Now you're telling me if 'I go for it!' it's all a big wasted effort.…

  • Waverly learned "the K word" early on in her career as a mischievous miniature schnauzer. Food was a huge deal, and Waverly's girth, for most of her 15 years, was a testament to her love (o.k…obsession) of kibble. She was surprisingly quick on her feet, though. Let her loose on a good sandy shoreline and…

  • Friends meet me in the hinterlands where crabs are robbed of claw and leg, and chickens outnumber the wardens. Friends help me choose between "…a pleasant journey to a place far away" or "…an enjoyable vacation awaiting near the mountains." Major life decisions are best made over copious cups of tea. I count on friends…

  • Learning to love is an ongoing process. A process that is sometimes simple; at other times it is a frustrating mystery. Finding compassion, understanding, and patience within ourselves requires courage. It takes even more heart to go deeper and to let go of the things we cannot change. Knowing we can only move forward with…

  • when only the truth will do to get you through the afternoonbeing out there defeats the purposestay by my sidestrangers we cannot abidethe show in here is better than the circus

  • A favorite animal, a beloved four-legged companion, is completing his journey come morning. Tonight he is cuddled with his mistress, just enough energy to remember who he is, and that he is cherished. A simple toast of kibble and water will send him on his way to meet up with a pal who'd gone ahead.…

  • I had let slip to a friend that I wasn't sure what the last three years were supposed to have meant. It was a moment in which I lost focus, forgot my usual good humor, and equally good sense. The fact that I made a friend is all the meaning one need give to the…

  • Their travels led them to the spot where the relic had been waiting. Sitting on the shelf, radiating a message of thanks for not being forgotten, the source was reunited with its seekers.

  • “Donna Kelleher, DVM, is changing the way we practice veterinary medicine, just as Andrew Weil, MD, has revolutionized human health care.” —Brenda Peterson, author ofBuild Me an Ark: A Life with Animals via www.proofisinthepoodle.com