Angel on a Leash by David Frei

Author:David Frei
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BowTie Inc.
Published: 2011-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

One summer Saturday night, Cheri and I had been out to dinner in the neighborhood with Teigh and Belle at a sidewalk café where the dogs could be part of the evening. While we were there, Cheri got a call to tell her that one of her kids had passed away at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. It was quite late, about 11 p.m., but we had to go by the House so she could make some calls and see what she could do to help the family.

We all walked into the empty lobby of the House. Cheri went back to her office, and I sat down in one of the lobby chairs with Teigh and Belle. We were the only ones in the lobby other than the night security guy, so we sat down and relaxed, waiting for Cheri to finish up.

Within about ten minutes, we had six young male residents—patients and siblings—join us in the lobby to hang out with Teigh and Belle. It was like some kind of phone chain had happened: “dogs in the House, pass it on.”

There was not a parent in sight, and the kids technically are supposed to have an adult with them at all times, but it was a great moment. I took a picture of all of them with Teigh and Belle, and I called it “Bad Boys of the Ronald McDonald House.” It reminded me of that public service ad: “It’s 11 o’clock, do you know where your children are?”

It is a home away from home, after all.

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