"Kelev tov"--a Holiday Story

By Prudence L. Gourguechon on 12/5/2009 11:45 AM

Image via Flickr.com by Martina Rathgens

Miky is a bomb sniffing German shepherd who works with officer John Fosket of the Helena (Montana) police department to keep the state capitol building safe from bad guys. In this story appearing in today's New York Times Erik A. Stern packs in a bunch of eternal truths in a compact and modest essay. Please click here and read the piece for yourself.

The psychoanalytic angle I pledge to find in any human story? This one poignantly captures the essential need to be understood, and to connect.

Happy holidays.