Hair, apparently, is the new window to the soul.
I have a theory that you get the right dog, the dog you need, for a particular stage in your life. 
This house is just a thing ... On your love list, always put the beating hearts at the top.
Her fragility makes her uncomfortable, but it has a familiarity, too, like the biting cold of winter that you only half forget during other seasons.
Since when had I become such a slave to security? Since when had my dream to be my own boss morphed into merely working for my dream boss?
One of the hardest things about losing someone that you love is that you have to allow yourself to seek and accept comfort in other areas of your life 
Love is love," I told her, as I tell all of my patients who are ashamed to find themselves shattered by the death of a dog. "Loss is loss. 