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

she said. “Here’s the truth: I could have done better. I loved her, and I also left her alone more than I wish I had. Both are true. Both can live in the same story.”

She took a breath.

“But maybe the point isn’t to vote in the comments on whether I’m canceled as a child,” she continued. “Maybe the point is to ask: who in your life is sitting in their continue reading …