When a Scruffy Little Dog Refused to Let an Old Woman Disappear

were just… human.

A kid left a drawing of a smiling hot dog with legs. A delivery driver took a selfie with Barnaby and sent it to his girlfriend with the caption, “I met a celebrity and he didn’t bark at me, unlike your cat.”

But beneath the humor was a hum of something else. Something like yearning.

We were not just hungry for pancakes and hash browns.continue reading …