Call it karma, kismet, or just the fallout from teenage drivers. I had a VW bug as a teen – totaled it. Now my daughter has totaled her VW bug. On the bright side, both of us walked away from our accidents unscathed, the most important thing, of course. Still gotta sigh at least a little though….

Meet Buddy, my oldest son’s child – uh, dog! Buddy’s an entertaining pup with an amazing capacity for loving.  Deeply.  If lost, Buddy is the kind of dog that would walk hundreds of miles to find my son. Buddy’s the kind of dog who would – and has – eaten through latticework in my parents’ backyard to get to…