Rescued as a young puppy from a devastating Tennessee tornado, Mia was transported north to Massachusetts, where she waited quietly in the front window of a rescue center—frightened, uncertain, and longing for safety. When Beverly, Edward, and Kathleen Kienzle first met her there, it was love at first sight. That moment marked the beginning of a shared life filled with patience, adaptation, and unconditional care.
Told largely from Mia’s perspective, the book traces her life with her adoptive family: first in Kathleen’s apartment, then in her grandparents’ condominium shared with five cats, and later in a house with a yard in Waltham, where Mia could finally run freely and swim in the family’s pool. Along the way, she experiences city parks and sidewalks in Cambridge, excursions along the Charles River, visits through the gates of Harvard Yard, and a memorable family trip to Portland, Maine.