“So what if his hair's a little grey? (I blame the kids.) He worries about them a lot when they're outside playing without him or when we have to go places without him.” Read more
“Before we left, I ran back to Hope's kennel. She stared longingly. It was as if she were waiting for me. ‘I'll be back,’ I said. ‘I promise I won't let you die.’” Read more
“He ate a beer can. Frequently inhaled while drinking and would choke. He got lost in a walk-in closet. Repeatedly. I had to rescue him from the open closet on a daily basis.” Read more
“I told her that we didn’t change his name because he did look like an ‘Obi,’ as my Tita would say, ‘our only hope.’ That’s a Star Wars reference for y’all.” Read more
“I’ll never be a joiner, though I do have a new appreciation for my religion. But one thing’s for sure: I intend to keep putting one paw forward every single day.” Read more
“He'd stretch his whole body out as long as he could, and press it really hard against one of ours, so that the most of him could be touching the most of us.” Read more
“I'd finally grown up enough that I was looking for the real deal, and if someone can't handle a problematic dog, what's he going to be like with kids?” Andrea asked. Read more
“It sounds so cliché, but she gave me the ability to laugh again — real, unabridged laughter. When you're mourning the loss of someone close to you, a lot of pretending happens.” Read more
