Once there were two boys living in a small village. They were the best of friends. One was 10 years old and the other just 6. One day, while playing together, they wandered a bit too far from the village without noticing. Lost in their games, the older boy slipped and fell into a ditch […]

I found Mila under my back porch three mornings ago, covered in dirt and nursing four newborns so tiny they looked like pink jellybeans with whiskers. Her ribs were showing through matted fur and she flinched when I reached toward her, but she didn’t run. Maybe she was too weak. Maybe she knew she needed […]