The Christmas that changed me
‘I’ve channelled my grief into helping others’
‘It’s the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done’
Helen Leary, 71, lives in Grimsby with her husband, Graham, 71.
Walking into the examination room with Graham, then 56, I gasped. ‘Poor mite,’ I whispered looking at the blue roan cocker spaniel on the veterinary table in front of me. He was painfully skinny with severe muscle wastage.
‘His name is Sam,’ the vet explained. ‘And he needs a loving home.’
Looking into Sam’s doleful eyes, I knew we were taking him home – and that’s exactly why the vet, a friend of mine, had
