Author: Jennifer Brooks

The yellow dog waited by the shelter door. Her name is Mamas and for six months, she remains at Minneapolis Animal Care and Control (MACC) while her family recovers. The door opened and a familiar figure entered. Mama’s tail wags faster and faster until her whole body moves. She stretched her back legs until she was nose-to-nose with her favorite person in the whole world — Laurena Carrizales Guerrero Celeste. After six months of heartache, homelessness and hard work, they are coming home. “People here are really generous. They have really good hearts,” said Celeste, a chef who turned to…