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| My Dad, Dr. Michaels |
Yes and he just retired this year. Whenever I tell people I meet that my Dad is a veterinarian they always get a smile on their face. They ask me what animals I had growing up, assuming we had a zoo in the back yard. Growing up we did not have a menagerie at the house but we did have dogs, hamsters and when I was young a cat. I worked for my Dad through High School and enjoyed working at the Fox Valley Animal Hospital. I even thought about being a veterinarian until I found out it required quite a bit of science and math. In fact, my Dad's profession is why we moved to Crystal Lake, Illinois in 1960. Let me just say not only was there not a synagogue near by but neither could we buy bagels, lox or anything remotely Jewish; but that's a story for another blog.
Although my family does not have a dog (if you have not heard the story about when Lital prayed for a puppy after the Amidah you have not been to enough T'filah that I lead) we do have a cat, Tapuz (Hebrew for orange). I also realize that many of my students love their pets and over the years I have seen many B'nai Mitzvah students who create Mitzvah projects having to do with their pets or shelter pets.
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| Tapuz |
My favorite projects are when my students participate in therapy dog training or visits with their dogs. This Sunday at
Lakeside we are fortunate to have Julie Fixler and her dog Billy coming to visit us during our T'filah/Assembly time (10-10:30am)to talk about all the different ways in which therapy dogs can help out. Want a preview? Check out this
video with Julie and Billy. We will learn how we can be good community members when it comes to therapy dogs, people with disabilities and making a difference with our behavior.
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