May 27, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Footsteps woke me. I sprang to my paws. Still night. I sniffed. No stranger, no danger. Annalynn was pacing again, grieving for her dead mate. Phoenix, my human, stirred. No need to wake her. I would comfort Annalynn. I trotted across the hall to her. She knelt to hug...
Jan 9, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Anticipating a boring day of paperwork, I opened the Coping after Crime Foundation’s email account. I’d created the nonprofit to give Annalynn a suitable job after her husband’s violent death (Show Me the Murder). I hadn’t anticipated being stuck running CAC while my...
Jan 4, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Achilles licked my hand to remind me to get up and take him on our morning run. I sat up before my hyperactive Belgian Malinois could lick my face. “Sorry I overslept, boy. My souvenir of Istanbul kept me awake.” I touched the still-tender bullet wound that marked my...