by mmooney | May 1, 2020 | The Friday Message
Imagine a world without empathy. Empathy is heartbreaking, you experience other people’s pain and joy. Sympathy is said to be a bit less challenging, you just have to feel sorry for someone. Pity is defined as the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the...
by mmooney | Apr 24, 2020 | The Friday Message
Thirteen years ago Megan and Brian adopted Duke from the Emmett animal shelter. Duke was on his third strike as several families had returned him, he would not stay in any kind of enclosure. This handsome black 85 pound Labrador-Airedale mix was likely mistreated...
by mmooney | Apr 17, 2020 | The Friday Message
I find so many opportunities to use this word lately. Apparently so do the folks at Webster Dictionary who added it as a recognized word this past year. It is not the only new word – actually 533 words or phrases were added. My other favorite was “dad...
by mmooney | Apr 10, 2020 | The Friday Message
Just when you think it can’t really get any worse, Wisconsin makes its citizens vote. A college senior who is working as an intern for Milwaukee’s Journal Sentinel was on her way to vote when she captured the now famous photograph of Jenifer Taff, holding...
by mmooney | Apr 3, 2020 | The Friday Message
It is a wonderful thing when you have friends. After a week or two of isolation my grandgirls were reunited and Clio’s first words were “I can’t believe she is here!!” It was like they had never been apart and after the endearing hellos they...
by mmooney | Mar 27, 2020 | The Friday Message
Fifty years ago The Band recorded this epic song. The song is much copied and has been recorded by Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Spooky Tooth and the Ventures to name a few. This week I received a video from a fellow Board member that...
