An elderly man living with Parkinson’s discovered a shivering senior dog at his gate — and somehow, their unsteady bodies became a source of calm for one another.

I still had stiff mornings, shuffling steps, restless nights, and days when my right hand tapped against the table as though trying to send a message through wood.

But Mabel changed the room around the symptoms.

That’s different.

Sometimes different is enough.

My neurologist, Dr. Samuel Ortiz, explained it during an appointment where Mabel sat in the continue reading …