Few environments are as gruesome or as stressful as those seen on the front lines of a war zone. These traumatic and life-altering experiences leave many participants permanently scared, physically and/or emotionally.  It is quite difficult for individuals who have experienced such treacherous ... [More]

No one ever exactly wakes up one morning and thinks to themselves, Gee, today I think I want to bring a shoe-eating, yard-digging, cat-chasing, cord-chewing creature into my home! Yes, won’t that be grand!

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Although we all face professional and personal challenges every day, my problem solving skills and ability to adapt to adversity directly stem from my childhood. Growing up in a small western Nebraska town with physical abnormalities, I felt a constant spotlight was shown on me because I was “... [More]