I prefer to listen to Anne Murray's songs especially during the night and more so when I m alone. I don't know about her that much other than being a hit maker of the 70s and 80s. She just got an outstanding set of pipes and a soulful lineup of pop and contemporary music that you will never get tired of listening over and over. One of my favorite is her version of Michael Martin Murphy's "What's Forever For." As I was looking for a music video from YouTube last night I also tried to watch some other artist's version and found Billy Gilman's exceptional and tear jerking rendition of the song. Whatta voice!
I didn't know that the song became an official sountrack of Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey's Pay it Forward which I believe a must-see movie too. Unfortunately the embedding of the video was being disabled so I picked another one instead. But for those who still want the OST version, you can watch the video here.I've been looking at people /And how they change with the times/ And lately all I've been seein' are people/ That would love a way of losing their minds/ Or maybe it's me that's gone crazy/ 'Cause I can't understand why/ All these people Keep hurting each other/ Good love is so hard to come by/ So what's the glory in livin'/ Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore/ And if love never lasts forever/ Tell me what's forever for./ I've been listening to people/ And they say love is the key/ It's not my way to let them lead me astray/ It's only that I wanna believe/ But I see love hungry people/ Trying their best to survive/ While in their heads Is a dying romance/ They don't even try to keep it alive/ So what's the glory in livin'/ Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore/ And if love never lasts forever/ Tell me what's forever for./ And if love never lasts forever/ Tell me what's forever for.
I'm not quite an animal person until my late father who used to believe that dogs are man's bestfriend brought us home a wonderful puppy one afternoon. We all got excited and I still can recall how everyone wants to eagerly take care of him until he went astray one day and never made his way home again. We all tried to look around the neighbors' but to no avail and it took us several disappointing days to finally let go and just accept the fact that he's already gone.
Insuring safety measures for our puppet is one important lesson we learned out from that experience. I believe this is not just a call for one but to all pet owners as well. In line to this call, the American Humane Association’s Be Kind to Animals Week® was celebrated (May 3-9) supported by Home Again, a national pet recovery center that has helped recover more than 500,000 lost pets in the United States. For every pet registered into their program, Home Again Web Site will donate $1 to www.bringpetshome.com - a fundraising web site specifically created to help shelter animals.
HomeAgain is a comprehensive national pet-recovery service that goes beyond microchipping. For an annual subscription fee, HomeAgain members have telephone access to pet-recovery specialists and 24/7 emergency medical assistance at 1-888-HomeAgain. The program also includes up to $3,000 (less a $50 deductible) in medical pet insurance for lost pets and up to $500 in reimbursable travel expenses for pets found more than 500 miles from home. Microchipping is a permanent form of identification that cannot fall off or become impossible to read, giving pets the best chance of being reunited with their owners when lost.

