by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ If my mentally ill father hadn’t spent so much time in federal prisons, would I be around today? At the very least, I know I would have spent many more days of my childhood and adolescence in danger. As it was, some successful prosecutions by the United States government for […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Grief over losses of our animal companions can be crushing. In the past four years my husband and I have had to say goodbye to eight of our rescued dogs, and to several others during the decade before. Nearly all of them were elderly and had blessed us with their […]
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Given that death is a required part of life, we eventually need to accept this misfortune when it happens to someone we love. But meanwhile it hurts—a lot. It can be debilitating. Sometimes such departures hit us so hard that we can’t eat, or sleep, or work, or play. Recovery […]
With nothing more than compassion, which is always the most powerful weapon, they combat the overwhelming forces of apathy and sadism. Most rescuers are not wealthy. They have their own families for whom they must provide, and their own jobs where they must earn a living. They have their own needs and health issues. But day after day they witness misery in the streets, on the beaches, in the fields, and in the mountains. Being who they are, they cannot turn away.
