Just eight days before last Christmas, the light of Kara Dorsey's life died. Birch, the yellow lab who helped guide Kara through the world, passed away in her arms, on the bed where she had often stroked his tummy. Birch, who was 14, was wearing the blue service vest he earned as a canine companion to Kara, who is paralyzed from the chest down and struggles to use her hands.
Loving a faithful service dog and saying goodbye: the hardest journey of all. I still have my beloved Corky's ashes always near.
Planet of the Blind 