Human, Remembered

The house was barely standing. I was sure I had the wrong address, until the neighbors pointed behind me. No windows. Animals crying inside. And then out came a pit bull named Mister.

Mister had been pulled from a euthanasia center in Houston, only to land somewhere just as bad. Someone from his past had found out and arranged his rescue. My job was to fly him to Oklahoma.

When we landed, a woman was running toward the plane in tears…