Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you server contact with your mothers.

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

anyone can understand anything. You just have to know how to present your information.

Things that break - be they bones, hearts, or promises - can be put back together but will never really be whole.

Any time you put on the mouthpiece of somebody that you're not, there's a professional responsibility to get it right. I did a great deal of research in both of those arenas.

Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down.

No," he said calmly, filled with purpose. he took her arms lightly in his hands and shook her. "I am not giving you up." Emily looked at him, and for just a moment he could read her thoughts. Melanie use to say they were like twins, with their own secret, silent language. in that instant, Chris felt her fear and her resignation, and the knotty pain of coming up against a brick wall again and again. She glanced away, and he could breathe again. "The thing is, Chris" Emily said, "it's not your choice.