“…The greatest gift he gave me: To love so much that the mess around me didn’t matter.” Photo by author I didn’t expect to fall in love; we rarely do. I met Dusty a few weeks before his 14th birthday. It was his 4th admission to the shelter after being originally surrendered in 2016 at the age of 10, but this time he was classified as “end of life.” I was initially drawn to him because he eerily resembled my soul dog, Tovi, who died years earlier, and if I’m honest with mysel