They Told Me I Could Only Take One Dog Home Until I Saw What Happened When They Tried to Separate Them

her during these talks, sitting on the chair she brought for him, patient and still with the dignity of an animal who has survived significant loss and continues to show up anyway. People reached out to touch him. He accepted this with equanimity.

On a Saturday in late spring, Margaret sat in the shelter’s small meeting room with a couple who had come continue reading …