Amelia - Aldeia SOS
dated 2007-11-06 | posted in columns | topic Charity | permanent link
On Saturday October 27, the SOS Children’s Village in Bicesse celebrated its 40th anniversary. I sat in the full to capacity social hall and looked around at the 62 children who now live in the Village accompanied by the 8 Social Mothers who have given up their lives to raise these children whom the courts have taken from their parents for reasons we can and can’t imagine. Even though I have been a Godmother to 6 children for 9 years, I still ...
Beyond Pet Food
dated 2007-11-20 | posted in columns | topic Lifestyle | permanent link
Beyond Pet Food
The controversy goes on about what and how to feed my dogs. Take Cláudia, for example: she swears by the raw meat diet for her pooch. Cláudia scowls at me for feeding my dogs only dry food . When I ask about the parasites and bacteria that might live in the raw liver, steak and chicken she throws to Napoleon, she scoffs that the dog loves it ( no brainer!) and is healthy and robust. Mine, she says, are deprived and longing fo ...