This is a very personal article about the phenomenon of childlessness, the pain of domestic violence, the blessing of...
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What Happens When You Get Stuck In The Pain
Because we are all human, sometimes we get stuck in our pain. About a year ago my dog Belle died. Just the week before...
Why Writers Suck at Proofreading, Excuse 383
Today I could avoid myself no longer and finished (a.k.a. gave up on) proofreading the formatted version of my seventh...
Does Your Dog Cure Perfectionism?
Angelic messengers speak to us all day long in many forms if we only stop and listen. This morning, I stuffed...
Little Miss Can’t Get Enough Lives Up To Her Name
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." William Shakespeare This is a...
Licking the Plate and Life’s Other Little Treasures
A long time ago I read a sweet little book about how to be happy that suggested you should lick your plates clean...
On Losing My Dog and Life’s Other Eventualities
Everybody had been trying to prepare me for the moment I would lose my dog but in fact there is no preparation that...
8 Ways to Save Your Health and the Planet
At the end of the day, what's good for the planet is also good for you. Recently, I invited a friend's two little...
Dog Baby Carriage Rides, the Latest Way to Walk Your Dog
There comes a time in everybody's life where you just have to break down and admit you're a little bit weird. My dog...
If My Dog Was A Cat, You’d Say She Has Nine Lives
This past Sunday, my dog Belle fell in the river after hunting leftover chicken fingers. So my detective mind...
EMF Exposure And Cancer In Dogs
The last client of my week this past week brought me to a startling new revelation: how many of our dogs, our very...
My Favorite People and Why I Love Them
Every day I wake up with my partner Ken Holmes and my dog Belle. They are my favorite people in the whole world, and I...
Your Greatest Gifts May Be Unexpected
For most of my life, I was a cat person. Specifically, I was a great fan of fat orange male pussycats. I had a cat...
All Dogs Are Therapy Dogs, They Just Don’t Realize It
I have had my dog Belle Belle for some time now. At first, when I got her from the Atlanta Pet Rescue, she had severe...
Gong Meditation With A Dog
Last night, I attended a gong meditation held by Destini Adams in Hiawassee, Georgia. Destini has practiced massage...
It’s All B.B., Before Belle, To Me
Have you ever noticed that a lot of the greatest things in your life come along seemingly by complete accident? A man...
Catherine Carrigan
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