Does Your House Have a Soul?

You think they’re just wooden structures. Containers, made to hold people and possessions. Houses don’t have souls, I thought. Until I drove by our old home of ten years and my heart broke. This beloved, beautiful ranch had been abandoned. It was now the neighborhood eyesore, creepy and neglected with broken windows and peeling paint. […]

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How Do You Say Farewell to a Great Friend?

  I watch him shuffle around the house and push back the sadness. He doesn’t have much time. There’s nothing left for him. Simon’s thirteen-years-old and in constant pain. His back legs are bent and twisted. He’s almost blind and deaf. Still, I look at this dog and hate what I have to do. My […]

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