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.

with me was harder.

The cold settled into her joints, and her back legs sometimes trembled so badly she couldn’t rise from her bed without help. Clara’s nephew built a better ramp for the porch. Rebecca ordered grip socks for Mabel, which the dog despised with theatrical sincerity. Dr. Morgan adjusted her medication and warned me that senior dogs can continue reading …