Gretchen was my first animal friend. She was a brown wire-haired retriever with piercing yellow eyes. My parents got her as a puppy when I was a baby. My dad used to say that he would come home with a bag of dog food in one arm, and a bag of diapers in the other. …
When my beloved corgi Bailey passed away, I felt like a part of myself was missing. But I also realized that she had showed me the part of my life that I need to embody. She showed me how I could live life a little differently, and really tap into the side of me that …
