As a fellow dog mama, I found this to be especially intense. Thanks for sharing your doggie story. I really felt it. Berta is a true cutie and you are an amazing human.
Have you ever read Dog Years by Mark Doty? It's creative nonfiction, and it is...wrenchingly beautiful. I highly receommend it <3
I'll absolutely look into it, and thank you for the recommendation. I'm still struggling with the loss of my heart dog more than a year ago now, and it hits me in strange ways at inopportune times. All three of the sled dogs who have shared my home, and all of the many transfers and fosters, have all had very different journeys. I'm learning a lot about what it means to be human from them.
hmmm, no, I haven't. Putting it on the list though.