He is lying down comfortably on my son’s lap. His once impossibly white paws are spread, sphinx-like before him.

My wife is close to his face. Inches away. Speaking gently to him. Looking into his eyes.

Our hands are stroking his soft fur and touching each other. Trying...

Let’s start to understand the power of affirmations by defining the term “affirmation”.

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According to the dictionary, an affirmation is:

1. A statement that something exists or is true

2. A confirmation of the truth of a prior decision

3. A legal dec...

Driving back from the doctor’s appointment, I was sobbing.  It felt like agony.  I was banging my fist on the steering wheel and literally shouting out loud, “why me?”

I’d wanted to be a firefighter.  Not always like from the age of 4 but more like ten years.  Some...