March 31, 2009
Dogs help children with autism

Labrador
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I sat on the sofa that looks out our living room window, my attention torn between the People magazine in my lap, and Matthew, who was sitting cross legged on the front lawn, inspecting — or was he dismembering? — a dead butterfly. A heap of laundry on and around the coffee table nagged at me – I was just too tired, too scattered. Peter wandered in from the kitchen, beer in hand.
“Where’s Matthew?”
“Right there,” I said frostily, motioning to Matthew.