Pug-ket list

you know those girls who squeal in public whenever a fluffy dog casually walks by? Yes, that used to be me. For the past 24 years of my life, all I wanted was a pup to call my own. I’d imagine coming home after a long day at school to a wagging tail and lots of slobbery kisses, and that was enough to make me go to sleep wishing I was hugging something more than my bolster.

There was just one tiny problem: My dad. His answer to my ever-insistent “Can we have a dog?” was always no. Friends told me