This past week, I noticed a variety of emotions surfacing in connection with my dad. Partially as I was re-reading through the first round of edits for my upcoming book. The part I was at involved my walk with my dad…

If you have ever been around both households with single pets and those with multiple animal family members or are a parent of the latter, these statements may have been heard…

If you like the fastpass found at many well-known amusement parks, then you will love the Skip the Line offerings in certain tours available for purchase before you arrive at your destination. For us, we learned that Skip the Line and small groups were the best bet for maneuvering the summer busy time. We had six people in our first tour at the Vatican Museum whereas at the Coliseum there were 25 in our group…

Many of the pets I visit tend to not want to eat as that takes them into another room or away from connecting in the time we have together and rarely will they do so by themselves. What I have discovered is that if I sit adjacent to them and their bowl, I may have to hand feed them the first few times. Afterwards they will eat the majority of it on their own.

Have you ever noticed we can make our lives so much more challenging if we set up our schedule to be one that we are rushing from one thing to the other versus putting a little more down time or padding around the appointments. This then opens the schedule when traffic is a bit off that day.

We don’t ever know what will transpire in our travels whether within states or beyond. What one perceives their travels to be like looking ahead is often not the case as we encounter shifts by things outside our control…the weather, airplane mechanical obstacles, and routing changes. There are the unknowns of unfamiliar airports, language shifts, and international protocols that open one up to more learnings and working through the emotions that arise with the unknown.

Have you ever wondered if what you are doing or how you are connecting with your animal family members are you being present with them like they are with you? What does it mean to be that present?