I’ve decided to enhance the presence of pets, particularly dogs, in the setting of my book Destiny’s Hand.
I got a dog at four.
Her short name was Ipo, “Sweetheart” in Hawaiian.
Her full name meant “brave little sweetheart”; I don’t remember the Hawaiian.
She was my friend when I was alone in Fern Forest on an island with volcanic sunsets and a Green Sand Beach.
She wasn’t a pet. She was family.