Be The Change

I wrote recently about how important it is for me to raise my children to not be judgmental ofother people ortheirlife choices. Today I’m discussing another facet of compassion that grabs my heart and squeezes.

I was walking my dog, Milo,in a field near our house, when another dog came out of the trees and trotted over to us. I was nervous at first because I didn’t know if this dog was aggressive, but it turns out he just wanted to say hi to Milo. This dog was skinny, and had a few cysts under...