Top left: "This is my cousin Ken Chupack. We were born on the same day, same year, just five hours
apart," wrote reader Sheila Glantz of West Bloomfield. "He is my best friend and always has been."
Middle left: Shovan, a 15-month-old Akbash dog, gives a kiss to his friend. The deer, injured when it
was clipped by a car and later released into the wild, didn't mind when Shovan bestowed a healing kiss.
"Everything he sees he wants to mother," said Shovan's owner, Jonathan Schechter of Ortonville. "I
love my dog."
Above: Anna and Yale Levin of
Southfield love their 1-year-old
grandson, Bradley William Levin.
"He looks like an angel," Mrs.
Levin said. "He is just missing the
halo."
Far left: In the shade of a
sunflower, Noah Cohen lolls away
the day in his tractor. His mom,
Susan Cohen of Southfield, said
Noah is a loving child. "He loves
babies; he loves people," she
said. "He is a sweet child."
FEBRUA R Y
Left: "This has been my love for
59 1/2 years and married for 56
1/2 years of this total," Norman
Freilich wrote of his wife, Nettie,
shown here with their newest
love, great-granddaughter Sierra
Blue Olson, when she was 1 day
old. "I have loved every minute of
it, every year."