Goodnight animal lovers. This weather is quite unpredictable. It seems as if no matter how many winters you go through, you can never be sure what the next one will bring. Some winters, you wonder what happened and its almost as if it passes without much of a winter at all. Then there are years such as this, where the winters are harsh and volatile with sprinkles of peaceful spring like days.

There are so many people and animals wandering and searching, with no home to go to. No warm, safe place to sleep. No loved ones waiting at home for them.

There are spirits that are broken that walk around this world, amongst us. People we work with, people in our families, friends who need us. Let us never forget those people in our prayers tonight. Those less fortunate. Those at a crossroads in their lives. Those in danger, every day in uprising countries. Children too young to even comprehend of death, lost to disease, starvation and as casualties of war. We pray for an end to all of this suffering. We send our love to those that find themselves in these situations. All life should be valued and treasured.

We pray once again, for a return to humanity. For a world where all living beings are given the opportunity to love and be loved. Where goodness is king and kindness is the motivation behind all deeds.

Special prayers going out for Coconut, a senior maltipoo, who lost his eye after being attacked by another dog. We pray for the strength and support of the child that loves him the most. May this angel recover fully and go on to live a full and happy life with his loved ones. May they all heal from the very traumatic incident.

We continue to send prayers out for our dear friends, Peanut Pumpkin Pie and Helen Lewis. Peanut Pumpkin Pie and his Mother are very special to us. We pray for an end to any sickness or pain that precious Peanut may be enduring. Peanut is angel that is very much needed and very much loved. We pray for Helen, for comfort for her heavy heart.

Also, we continue our prayers for Dixie and her Mother Jaye, Matriarch of the of our favorite family, the Lewis’s. Like Helen and her sister Jenny, Jaye has been a gift to us as well. We pray for her Dixie and Dixie’s return to total health.

And to all of the animals , all over this world, wild or domestic, being abused, abandoned, neglected and brutalized, your voices will not go unheard. We pray for you tonight as we do every night. God did not put these beautiful angels here to be treated this way. No lives will go in vain. No pain will go unnoticed. Amen.

Love, Jessica Lee Smith
for Sammy & Family

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Happy Thursday, it’s a great day to be alive. [/pullquote]

[pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”] Boo. Just kidding. There is a storm coming, hope everyone gets home safe and stays safe. [/pullquote]

[pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”] ” Henry, I see our waiter, food is on the way. Bon Appetit. ”

Happy Wednesday. [/pullquote]

Goodnight everyone. Thank you all for your encouragement and comments on our prayers. We all need prayers. Each and every one of us. It is our pleasure to say them at night. We are honored and humbled to be able to spread a movement of kindness in this life, in any way that we can.

Sometimes its hard to not lose faith because times are so difficult for so many. We are all human and questioning the meaning and the purpose of life, this is the human condition. We have all been there at some time in our lives. We have all made mistakes and we have all learned and gained tremendous wisdom from making them. But even in dark times, there is always hope to be found, things to be grateful for, blessings bestowed upon us that can never be bought.

Find gratitude within your heart for all of the beautiful things that life has given you, family, friends and loved ones, on 2 legs or 4. Some will never know these blessings. Some go without them. Let us pray for those hearts that feel empty and broken. Let us pray for hope for those who have lost it. Let us never forget how lucky we are.

Prayers are being sent out tonight for 12 yr old Bailey O’Neill, who passed away on March 3rd from injuries sustained to his head. Bailey was severely beaten by a group of his peers, right outside of his Philadelphia school. Following the beating, Bailey suffered seizures and had to be put into a medically induced coma. Doctors determined this week that Bailey was no longer showing any brain activity. No charges have been filed yet against those responsible for his death. The investigation is ongoing and the incident was caught on surveillance tape. They will be able to clearly determine the faces of those who committed this horrific act against this innocent child, who had his whole life ahead of him.

We pray for the strength of Baileys Parents and loved ones and we pray for Bailey, a beautiful, smart, vibrant little boy, taken by bullies. May God cradle Bailey in his arms and fill him with joy and laughter, in a world that holds beauty beyond our mortal comprehension. A place where there is no pain and no more cruelty. Until he is reunited with the ones who miss him the most. God bless this angel. Not another living soul should have to endure something like this, ever again.

As we’ve said before, there is no one more cowardly and filled with self hatred, than a bully. The bully usually does not work alone. The bully manipulates others to join him. On their own, a bully has no “power”. Together we must stop the bullies, one by one. Isolate the bully by not joining in and by speaking up in spite of the adversity you may face. Fight for those that find they cannot fight for themselves. Always look upon others with compassion. A world without empathy is inhumane. A world without warriors for good, is a dark one.

Awareness in schools is essential but fear on the part of school aged children may stop them from reporting abuse. We have to take more drastic measures to protect our children. We must start this at home. So many parents focus so much on competition, and worrying that their children will fit in. So many children with the wish to be “Popular” and “cool”. Let us teach our children kindness first and foremost. Let us teach them tolerance, acceptance and honor. Let us teach them to be soldiers for goodness and that God loves all living beings, regardless of their differences. We must all begin at home and teach by our example. Too many children have been lost to this continuous epidemic.

We pray for Gods most beautiful creatures, the animals. Big and small, domestic and wild, all over the world, there are animals being abused, abandoned, neglected and having deplorable acts committed upon them for sport, exploitation and fur. Such disregard for life. Such evil acts, for no purpose at all. To all of those animals tonight , we pray for you. We ask God to end your suffering and bring you the safety and love that you so deeply deserve. After all, angels deserve no less. No lives will go in Vain. No pain will go unnoticed. Amen. Goodnight friends.
Love, Jessica Lee Smith
for Sammy & Family

[pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”] ” Wait, so now its Tuesday and not Monday ? That’s really good. ” [/pullquote]

[pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”] ” How is it Monday, it was just Friday ? ”

——– Sammy & Henry ——-[/pullquote]

Goodnight everybody. We hope you had a great weekend. Another week lies before us and we pray for a happy one and a safe one for all of our friends and family.

It’s such an unbelievable loss to not live in the same world now, than the one we ourselves and generations before us, had lived in. To think that we used to be able to take a simple bike ride down the road or run through yards with our siblings and be out for hours at a time, without any supervision. There is no doubt, that this is not the world we are living in today. Today we live in a world that inhabits monsters, as well as people like us and others that value life and have a God loving soul. As a child, as I’ve mentioned, I used to fear death from as young as I can remember. I use to have nightmares of “King King” and The great white shark in “Jaws”. The real monsters are the ones that walk among us on 2 legs. We may even know them but be deceived that they are not. In today’s world, it is hard to accept that our children will lose the innocence of believing that there is nothing to be afraid of in every Day life. We wish that they could have this gift of blissful “unknowing” for as long as they can keep it. But in today’s world and with the scattered monsters that do inhabit it with us, that is impossible. We must find some way of informing our children responsibly, that monsters are not what they’ve been shown in movies. Monsters can be male or female. One piece of advice I’ll never forget is, if a child is approached by an adult when they are alone, asking for anything , whether in a car or on foot, That child should move as far away from that person as possible. It is highly unusual for an adult to need directions or assistance from a child. They should always know that. Abductions of children is a rampant epidemic with really no cure. The only way to try and protect our children from the terrifying truth, is to raise awareness amongst them. God keep all the children safe. God help all the loving parents on earth that should never endure the horror of having a child abducted.

We begin our prayers tonight for a beautiful young life lost. Autumn Pasquale, only twelve years old, was taken from her bicycle right on the street, as she was out riding in the open daylight on Saturday. As most all children do, Autumn was simply playing her weekend away with no thought of anything else than laughter and joy. She has been missing since then. Tragically when Autumn was found, she was no longer alive. We pray for this angel and any fear or pain that she endured at the hands of nothing less than a monster. We pray for her family In their grief. Parents of children lost hold a special place in the eyes of God.

More prayers going out for our friend Ruby. Ruby is a Greyhound who has been missing for 3 months. Her loving and distraught parents have not tired in their search for her. The search for Ruby inspired the FB page “Ruby”. Please show your support in any way that you can. May she come home safely to the family that misses her so deeply.

Many many prayers going out tonight to our dear friends, the Lewis family, who is being tested so much right now. What a beautiful family these people are. Tonight we pray for two of their four legged babies, Peanut Pumpkin Pie and Dixie. I can assure you that these people are the closest things to angels that I’ve ever know. Their four legged family, is no exception to that. Even they’re animals make an impact for the better in this world. These two babies need to be healed and restored to perfect health. These dogs are needed by more than just the Lewis family. They are deeply loved.

We ask for special Prayers for all of the innocent dogs being rescued with cruelty in mind, then used as a tool for training, in the hideous world of dog fighting. These poor babies are used to teach the fighting dog how to kill, as bait. What an atrocity. What a total disregard for life. God save these dogs and grant them the life that they truly deserve. Put an an end to their suffering.

And to all of the animals, domestic and wild, being abused, neglected and abandoned, you are not alone. We pray for you tonight as we do every night. No lives will go in vain. No pain will go unnoticed. Amen. Love Sammy & Family

Welcome to Movie Review & Rewrite Night. Tonight’s Review & Rewrite is “ Vanilla Sky.”

Before reading, please take a moment to acknowledge Alexandra’s Art Work from Alexandra Garcy’s Gallery‘s Facebook Page. This is a visual solution to the Rewrite.

This is first time that we have done a Review and Rewrite together. This was warranted because a lot of people were confused by this movie. We have seen it about 41 times and it still catches us.

So, let’s clear the confusion. Quite simply, this was about a man who had a new girlfriend (Penelope Cruz ) and made a horrible decision one morning. As he was leaving his new romance’s place, his ex girlfriend ( Cameron Diaz ) happened to be driving by. She stopped her car and asked, “How about taking a ride with an old friend?” Tom Cruise was feeling guilty about how sad she was and got into her car. The ex girlfriend proceeds in an attempt to take their lives by driving off a road, sending the car airborne, crashing them into a stonewall. Upon impact she dies. However, Tom Cruise miraculously survives leaving him with severe injuries. His face was completely distorted and he was in constant unimaginable pain. It was then that he began to drink and take pills to chase his sorrows away. It got so bad that Penelope Cruz could not stay with him anymore. Now he is left alone with bitterness and regret.

He researched this “Life Extension Company,” that had knowledge on bringing the dead back to life, after being Cryogenically Frozen. He signed a deal with them that upon his death, they would take his body. That same night, he took his own life by drinking and drugging himself to death. As agreed upon, The Life Extension Company took his body until they could bring him back to life. They kept the mind and body in a dream state until they could figure out the best game plan. 160 years had passed and his dream state for the first time was out of control. The Life Extension Comapany sent an image of a person into his mind to calm him down, (A tech support guy image) if you will. The tech support image asked Tom Cruise, “ Do you want to remain in a dream state or do you want to be brought back to life?” The Tom cruise guy responded, “ I don’t want to dream anymore, I want a real life. “ The movie Ends with his eyes opening back up.

So, two quotes in movie to take note of;

1. “ Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.”
Great quote, happens to be very true. What’s done is done. Now it’s about having what you want and appreciating what you’ve got.

2. “ I don’t want to dream anymore, I want a real life “
Powerful quote right there. Make your dream your actual life. Don’t let fear keep you down.

Rewrite Begins now; Tom cruise comes out of his new girlfriend’s place that morning as his lurking ex-girlfriend pulls up to him in a car and asks, “How about taking a ride with an old friend.” He says “No thanks, I’ll walk.” Tom then goes into a great courtship with Penelope Cruz, they get married and decide NOT to have kids. They felt life would have greater purpose committing to the voiceless animals in need all over the world. A great new trend started. Many people were now starting NOT to have kids and to devote more time to animals in need. As an accidental but God-like benefit, the human population slowed down and as a result we stopped building out new real estate. Why was that so great? Great question. The answer is; because we would not be building new homes where animals already were living and then say, “Hey, there is an over population of this specie or that specie. We would finally realize and comply with, there is an over population of people, animals have nothing to do with that. It’s a people problem.

As for the ex-girlfriend, Cameron Diaz, now that Tom said he won’t take a ride with her, she drives away broken hearted. So, she mourns over it a month or two, mends her heart, and restores herself to normalcy. Like they always say “time heals all.”  And that’s exactly what “time” did for her. She was so grateful for her mended heart that she opened clinics all over the world called, “If you have been broken up with and you don’t know what to do, call 1-800-Mend – Your – Heart.” The end. The movie still would have been great.