Update on Charlie

After a few days of sleeping on a bed of fluff, Charlie has moved on to higher ground. His final days were peaceful and full of love from a family he only knew for a small moment in time.

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The Mink That Made Its Way Home

When I was five years old, my grandmother would care for me before school each day. She would turn the stereo console on and play big band music from the 40's. I remember dressing up in her mink stole as we danced around the living room spinning and twirling to the classics. She told me that one day the mink would be mine and I hoped that I would be as beautiful as she was wrapped in luxurious mink. Time, of course, came and went and my grandmother passed away many years ago. I have often wondered what happened to her mink stole and wished that I could wear it just one more time. Little did I know, my grandmother had given the stole to her daughter and sometime during the early 80's when fur was not fashionable and we were wearing hideous things like leather pants and spandex, my aunt tossed the mink into the Goodwill bin near her home. She did not know that anyone actually wanted the mink and donated it to charity. She told me she remembers lo

Peace, Love and What???

There is nothing more precious than child innocence. While it appears that this message may, indeed, be upside down, it seems that an upended pink ribbon is a call for better testing for earlier detection of breast cancer. Who better to deliver such a message than a group of young girls with bright futures ahead of them? While my daughter actually has no idea that she is holding the poster upside down, her mistake quietly sends a much more powerful message across this field. Who knows, but any one of these young ladies, excited about their part in participating in a campaign of hope, could go on to be the one to discover just such a test or cure. So even if the symbols are upside down, or even fall to the ground, our youth are learning to be a part of something bigger than themselves and might just one day deliver this message exactly as they innocently displayed this Fall day in their youth. Picture by Kathi Kolb www.accidentalamazon.com

Snapped Rabbit

Photo Courtesy of Hershey's There is almost no greater joy than the pure chocolaty goodness that lies in the rectangular patterns of a Hershey’s bar. While some people enjoy cigarettes or liquor or even illegal drugs of choice, my addiction lies in the innocence of a candy bar. It is something that is enjoyed in small pieces, savored, one rectangle at a time. Whatever genius designed this heavenly creation, divided the bar into 12 miniature rectangles, all looking like a small version of the whole. It’s mind boggling if you really think about it. It’s much like putting two mirrors together and seeing into infinity. With each bite of Hershey’s bar you find more rectangles calling your name. A wise person knows not to listen to their sirens call, but to snap off only one or two pieces and move on without looking back. Photo Courtesy of B Jobse My children know the power of the Hershey’s bar and fully understand that stressful events can bring on the dippi

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