for Molly

Elena Tucker
3 min readMar 18, 2022
Molly Tucker, not that long ago. Photo taken by Amy Tucker.

Today, my sister-in-law, Amy had to say good-bye to one of her beautiful, sweet, good little dogs, Molly. Molly was a miniature greyhound mix, a rescue, who when Amy got her, was scared of the wind because she had never felt it before — had never been out for walks. That tiny pooch, with her long legs, was full of personality and charm. She lived a long life, and a good life with her sister dog — Kira (the older of the two, who is still alive). Amy took care of Molly…

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Elena Tucker

Writer and storyteller, immigrant, wife, mom, knitter, collector of jokes, lover of cheap, sweet wine.