Birthday

Today is my children’s birthday but they are no longer with me, I miss them so much

Today is my children’s birthday but they are no longer with me, I miss them so much

Black, once a proud mother of a litter of boisterous puppies, she was now a solitary figure, her maternal instincts a constant ache...
Today is my birthday but I don’t have a wish or a piece of cake

Today is my birthday but I don’t have a wish or a piece of cake

Happy didn’t know what a birthday was. The world was a mosaic of sounds and scents, a constant negotiation with the unseen. One...
Today is my birthday, I just wish for a decent meal

Today is my birthday, I just wish for a decent meal

Pan was a small, trembling puppy, his world reduced to a cardboard box and the harsh indifference of the city. Today was his...
Today is my birthday and also the day my parents abandoned me

Today is my birthday and also the day my parents abandoned me

July was a name given with hopes and dreams. A name promising a lifetime of joy and companionship. But for the small puppy,...
Today is my birthday but I am just a homeless puppy, no home and no parents

Today is my birthday but I am just a homeless puppy, no home and no parents

Fruit was a name given to him by a kind old woman who found him shivering under a cardboard box one cold night....
Today is our birthday, is it because we are not beautiful that no one wishes us?

Today is our birthday, is it because we are not beautiful that no one wishes us?

Vani and Kan were an unlikely pair, bonded by the harsh realities of street life. Vani was thin to the point of emaciation,...
I have been living in the shelter for 5 years. Today is my 5th birthday and I am still waiting for someone to come and take me home

I have been living in the shelter for 5 years. Today is my 5th birthday and I am still waiting for someone to come and take me home

Fanny is a dog who has lived in the shelter for 5 years. Five years of kennel life had etched lines of weariness...
Today is my birthday but I am just a homeless dog with no one to love me

Today is my birthday but I am just a homeless dog with no one to love me

Fan didn’t know when his birthday was. Dates and years were irrelevant to a life lived on the streets. He only knew the...
Today is my 5th birthday but I have never had a decent meal

Today is my 5th birthday but I have never had a decent meal

Mun didn’t know what a birthday was. He only knew hunger, cold, and the indifferent gaze of the old woman who shared his...
Today is my birthday but it is also the day my mother abandoned me

Today is my birthday but it is also the day my mother abandoned me

Min was a tiny, trembling ball of fur. His world was a blur of shadows and unfamiliar scents. Today, a day that should...