Raise your hand if you like math! I will let you know; my hand is not up! I had some great math teachers in school – I can even remember their names. I just am not a big fan of math, but thanks to those teachers, I can at least do the math! Watch the …

Last month, Dan O’Grady, a truck driver, was driving through Jacksonville, Florida when he saw a dog on the side of the road. He pulled over and tried to get the small dog out of harm’s way. The dog wouldn’t let him get too close. The dog would bark and take a few steps toward …

Do you talk to your pets? I do. We have regular conversations. Sometimes I tell them about my day or give them a weather forecast. My cats will ‘talk’ to me too. Most of the time they seem to be begging for either food or love. They can never get too much love! The woman …

Girl Scout Cookies. You love them; I love them. They are delicious! In a girl scout troop, there is some competition to see who can sell the most boxes. You may find an order form hanging in your breakroom at work – you may find more than one! Parents will often take those forms to …

When you think of antiques, what comes to mind? I think of old cars and furniture. PBS has a show called Antiques Roadshow where people bring items for appraisal. The gentleman in the striped shirt brought this blanket to the show. He admitted that he didn’t really know much about the blanket at all. He was …

Families fled the war-torn villages of the Sudan in 2012. Many of them ended up in the United States. Dyan had gotten separated from his wife, Alik, and their children. Alik found herself in Fort Worth, Texas. And that’s when she found out she was pregnant with her third child and wasn’t sure if she …

Ears down, tail between the back legs, no eye contact. It doesn’t and animal expert to realize that this dog is scared and maybe even depressed. The 12-year-old German Shepherd-Lab mix was living at the Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society in Virginia. His name is Jack. The moment Jack arrived, he put his face in the corner …

Jamie had to go to the shelter when his owner moved into a nursing home. Jamie was a senior cat at the age of 13 when he arrived at the RSPCA Australia. Senior cats and dogs often have a hard time finding a new home. Jamie had some health issues when he first arrived. He …

This calico kitty has been the unofficial mascot of the Boston Police Department’s SWAT team for the last four years. That is quite an unusual job for a cat – don’t you think? As you many know, when a cat decides to do something, most of us can’t stop them! She just showed up one …

We all know that there are 365 days in a year (unless it is a leap year). There are 52 weeks and 12 months in a year. The bottom line is that a year is a long time. Champas can tell you it is a long time to have to wait. Champas has been waiting …