Believe in Miracles
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog
By Jacqueline Gray Carrico

Love is the great miracle cure.
~Louise Hay

I know he has arrived before I ever see him. Heads turn in his direction, and if he stops for just a minute, he draws a crowd. He walks through the halls with a swagger that is saved for the truly confident.

His name is Augie. He is a six-year-old Goldendoodle with a strawberry-blond coat that is made for petting, and his manners are impeccable. He is a trained therapy dog who visits patients in the hospital where I work as a dialysis nurse in Fredericksburg, Virginia. I have seen Augie come through the hospital, stopping for anyone who wants to pet him, and I have seen him go into patients’ rooms. But I had never witnessed Augie providing the therapy that he was trained to give until I saw him with Mr. M. (Keep reading)