Teaching an old dog new tricks
by
Sublime Birdy
- 10:12 PM
Stealing myself against the carnage that could be inside the house, I touched my hand to the doorknob, to my surprise the door flung open by the man who was my nearly 80-year-old Uncle. He was barely able to control the barking beast that minutes before I was afraid may have ingested his remains. In my worry I had come to check on him as he hadn't answered the numerous phone calls nor the door for the first 10 minutes of my arrival that day. Standing there in front of me now, my once proud and strong elder relative was crying.
