Melissa Donald

There are times when we all feel like outsiders in our own lives – like our world belongs to someone else. In December, the beloved dog of one of my childhood friends died while at Petco, waiting to be groomed. …

“The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.” ~Anonymous In mid-2007, I was sitting in my sister’s front room at her computer, trying to ignore the conversation that was happening between her, her ex-husband and their…

A week or so ago, I was taking my niece to school early for tutoring in math.  I asked what they were working on and she said they were just getting to negative numbers and she was having a hard…

In Hindsight, I told the story of my first experience with dog rescue and the case that started it all.  While that is true, of dogs, my first rescue was Natasha. I stole Natasha.  She lived next door to my…

Today is Black Friday.  Today is the day we spend money and push our credit cards to the limit so we can celebrate finding that great deal. I shared a meme on Facebook the other day that said “If you…

It makes sense that “M” would be for Money, right?  I mean, I am a money person.  I deal with money all day long – my money, investors’ money, client money.  It is all money, all day. I HATE money. …

In my post, Image, I told the story of Gandhi’s first Halloween. It was funny how my puppy was perceived so differently by parents (Oh, no, it is one of those dogs) and children (Look, Fang!), when really, he was…

Funny thing happened when I arrived at “L”…LDI wasn’t on my list. And really, isn’t that one of the main points of all of this? To talk about LDI? Sure, I have been writing about business. Sure, I have been…

About a month ago, my house was burglarized. Smash and grab. Probably kids. All they took was jewelry. The only “damage” was my front door. It had to be replaced. Replacing a door seems easy. You measure the door you…

Cosmically, Karma is “the principle according to which each person is rewarded or punished in one incarnation according to that person’s deeds in the previous incarnation”. (Dictionary.com). “K” is for Karma. It is a word that is tossed around a…