Goodness52

"Most people I've met who weren't kind to animals weren't kind to people either. Kindness is kindness. Simple as that." It seems perfectly fitting that I close out 52 Weeks of Goodness with sage words from the often-irreverent-but-always-topical Ricky Gervais. A known dog lover and animal rights advocate, he's also currently co-starring with Brandy the rescued German Shepherd in the wonderful comedy drama AfterLife . The show came along at the same time Val and I adopted a rescue of our own, a tiny little scruffy mutt from Mexico who came to us as Julie. And Julie she shall remain. When Gervais says stuff like " dogs will save humanity " I totally get it. They have the power to make us all better human beings, especially when we give them a second chance on life. For us, that meant a local rescue operation called Mex-Can , which takes in abandoned and mistreated pooches from the Guanajuato region of central Mexico. We were introduced to Marlen...