The sun glares down through my window in the early morning and I instantly know the day will be hot and dry. It hasn't rained enough in the past few months and the plants look dry and close to death. The beach looks cool and inviting as I stare at the blue and white cascading in patterns then rising and crashing onto the burning hot sand. My two golden retrievers, though old, never get tired of a gallop around in...

Buck gazed at the wild then back at the place where he last saw Thornton. He pushed the distant memory aside as he sprinted into the forest ahead.

Suddenly an arrow sliced the air and Buck felt a jolting thud from his heart. He ran faster hoping to put distance between himself and the enemy. He arrived at a small river and listened to the motionless wilderness around him. It seemed clear; whatever the danger was it was gone now. 

He rested...

We are all people who have or had a family. We each call a place home whether imaginary or true. We have emotions. We have all experienced love one way or another, kindness. We must prosper on the present and that kindness rather than drone on the past and its mistakes. We look to the future in hope of something miraculous, when really we should look at everyone around us. We all have our ups and downs and this makes...

Saying good bye is never easy if you know you may never see them again, whether they are the same or have completely changed. Saying good bye to a life-long pet or family member is the hardest of them all. In this case I didn't expect to have to say good bye. 

My dog Yassy was with me for my whole life, yet in grade 3 she caught a horrible illness. She became paralysed and had many other problems along...