There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle I prefer #2; some may call this defeatist, giving up this much control of one's destiny to a higher power, but I believe there is an order to the universe, and that nothing "just happens". Every encounter and experience has the potential to be a miracle if we are…

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. -Voltaire I'm not too sure who this Voltaire fella is; I think he may have invented the first electric car back in the fifties or something, but I agree wholeheartedly with his quote. When dad and Zach let me out of the crate, they had no choice but to leave me there while they rode the bikes home to get the truck; I had…

Charlie is busy romping with Mia while Max looks on disapprovingly, so I have reclaimed the iPad. Mom is rewatching Game of Thrones, claiming that she is trying to decipher the more subtle nuances, although she seems to be spending an inordinate amount of time on the scenes involving the Faceless Man; she always has shown a preference for odd looking men. No huge insights tonight, just an appreciation for how quickly or slowly an…

Even though most think of my story as being one about an abandoned dog, I would put forth that the story is equally about the people; if there had been no dog, there would have been no stories, but had there been no people, there would have been no dog. When dad and Zach first found me, they had no reason to think that they weren't tackling this problem alone, only to find mom and…

Dad here; the dream of having a sidecar predates Charlie by a few years; it all started when we got involved with Special Olympics. Every May we join hundreds of other motorcyclists in a ride to Searcy, AR to celebrate the opning ceremonies of the Summer Games; everyone lines their bikes up in two long rows and the special athletes march the gauntlet of revving engines and cheering crowds en route to their seats in…