The clock chimes 4:30 in the morning.
Our dog, old now with silver shadows in her eyes, whimpers at the bedroom door.
Like her eyesight, her sense of time is also fading. It’s much too early for breakfast, but I stumble out of bed, give her the meal she’s begging for anyway. She pushes the kibble ar…
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