Nori once escaped our house in Germany and I was overjoyed. She...

Nori once escaped our house in Germany and I was overjoyed. She never felt comfortable in Deutschland and announced it loudly every chance she could. And as a house husband, I was the sole recipient of those profound yells. I still slept by the back door which I left open and was overjoyed when I woke up with her cuddled next to me. Such was our relationship: annoyance grounded by protective love. Last week, Nori not eating became a lung cancer diagnosis became a collapsed lung. We weren’t ready...