Katherine Nicolai

It reminded me to make an appointment with the groomer, and as he came around the corner, racing through my dustpile, I told him so. Haircut next week, Mr. Crumbles, I said. He didn't seem to care or notice. Instead, he jumped his front paws up beside Marmalade and began barking at the squirrel.

It reminded me to make an appointment with the groomer, and as he came around the corner, racing through my dustpile, I told him so. Haircut next week, Mr. Crumbles, I said. He didn't seem to care or notice. Instead, he jumped his front paws up beside Marmalade and began barking at the squirrel.

as they shared this moment of sibling excitement. For a while, it had just been Marmalade and me, and she was a mama's girl.

as they shared this moment of sibling excitement. For a while, it had just been Marmalade and me, and she was a mama's girl.

as they shared this moment of sibling excitement. For a while, it had just been Marmalade and me, and she was a mama's girl.

while she occasionally feigned being too cool for dogs, the truth was that she adored him. Not in the same way that he adored her. He came with wild love, the bull you overtype. She came with gentle love, the lick-your-face-at-the-end-of-the-day type.

while she occasionally feigned being too cool for dogs, the truth was that she adored him. Not in the same way that he adored her. He came with wild love, the bull you overtype. She came with gentle love, the lick-your-face-at-the-end-of-the-day type.

while she occasionally feigned being too cool for dogs, the truth was that she adored him. Not in the same way that he adored her. He came with wild love, the bull you overtype. She came with gentle love, the lick-your-face-at-the-end-of-the-day type.

He was, a bit, her baby, and she watched over him, reassured him when thunder crashed, meowed at him when he got late-night zoomies, telling him to go to sleep. Upstairs, I heard the click of greyhound toenails on the floor.

He was, a bit, her baby, and she watched over him, reassured him when thunder crashed, meowed at him when he got late-night zoomies, telling him to go to sleep. Upstairs, I heard the click of greyhound toenails on the floor.

He was, a bit, her baby, and she watched over him, reassured him when thunder crashed, meowed at him when he got late-night zoomies, telling him to go to sleep. Upstairs, I heard the click of greyhound toenails on the floor.

I was on floor duty downstairs, and their dad was on bedroom duty upstairs. and I was pretty sure that he'd just gotten to changing the sheets, meaning Bird, our rescued hound, and the sleepiest boy you've ever met, had just been evicted from the bed.

I was on floor duty downstairs, and their dad was on bedroom duty upstairs. and I was pretty sure that he'd just gotten to changing the sheets, meaning Bird, our rescued hound, and the sleepiest boy you've ever met, had just been evicted from the bed.

I was on floor duty downstairs, and their dad was on bedroom duty upstairs. and I was pretty sure that he'd just gotten to changing the sheets, meaning Bird, our rescued hound, and the sleepiest boy you've ever met, had just been evicted from the bed.

I could feel his heart beating and the light touch of his breath on my shoulder.

I could feel his heart beating and the light touch of his breath on my shoulder.

I could feel his heart beating and the light touch of his breath on my shoulder.

Each of these souls, so much, it sometimes brought tears to my eyes. And I wiped them away, reminding myself that while there was nothing wrong with the tenderness it brought up, they were here with me now,

Each of these souls, so much, it sometimes brought tears to my eyes. And I wiped them away, reminding myself that while there was nothing wrong with the tenderness it brought up, they were here with me now,

Each of these souls, so much, it sometimes brought tears to my eyes. And I wiped them away, reminding myself that while there was nothing wrong with the tenderness it brought up, they were here with me now,