Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so.

It should be possible to exist with only a short shelf of books, to read and give away. After all - we may not open a book, once read, for ten years or more. But the act of reading has made it part of us - to relinquish it would be to lose an extension of our being.

A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits in a bush a yard from your shoes - and listens.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Give a pup a home and a little love and he will give you his heart forever.

A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown.

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.