
PEPO? Huh?
I’m a planner but now that I am married to a military member I have seen planning at a whole new level. I don’t know if it’s true of all military members but my husband has a motto – plan early, plan often – something I’ve shortened to PEPO. That’s another thing I’ve learned from the military folks, they shorten everything to mere acronyms. If you’re not in the loop, look out! But I digress. In the spirit of early planning hubby decided that we needed to get new passport and

The Soul of a Dog is the Wolf
It's amusing to me that we put the qualities we want for ourselves into our animals. Take for example the Pedigree dog food ad on television that says, "The soul of a dog is the wolf." It sounds exotic, don’t you think? A wolf is the symbol of intelligence, the ability to survive, and one who is rugged and self-confident. Who wouldn’t want those traits for themselves, or their dogs? The University of Chicago did a study that found dogs are not actually descended from modern w

Living In The Flow
“Pushing through, trying to stay positive, really hard.” These were the phrases that littered my conversation with Jillian earlier this week. Looking at her situation it’s easy to see why. Jillian is in physical pain – deep, continuous, and mind-bending pain. She is a chronic pain patient who has already had two spinal surgeries yet hopes to get back to work fulltime one day. Contacting me about Reiki healing was her way of searching for a complementary way of healing. Reiki