My story “Dog Years” has been published in the new anthology Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Dog’s Life. “Dog Years” tells of the time a few years ago when I met Bill Clinton on a television shoot, during a time of turmoil in my family life. Chicken Soup published an edited version and changed the name to “Two Bills.” Here’s the original story.

I call Mom on my cell phone as I sit tentatively. “I’m at Bill Clinton’s desk in New York, in his chair! We’re interviewing him today for The West Wing Documentary.”

I imagine my tush on the leather seat triggering a Secret Service anti-groupie alarm, armed agents flooding into the former President’s office to carry me off. I jump up quickly. “Tell Pop I’ll be there tomorrow. And tell him where I called you from.”

A few weeks earlier, our pooch Sophie could barely move from her bed to the rug. . . . CONTINUE READING: ‘Dog Years’ Published in Chicken Soup Anthology