Christina-Taylor and I loved to play around outside in the morning while waiting for the bus. It was very lonely for me after she passed.
In mid-January our neighbor Susan Leeser called my parents up and volunteered to bring her dog, a black-and-white Australian shepherd rescue dog named Katie, out every school morning at 6:45 a.m. while I'm waiting for the bus. They thought it was OK.
Mrs. Leeser keeps me company, and I play with her dog. We have become great friends. I love her dog, and I have some company each morning while waiting for the bus.
She is on vacation now, but when she gets back we will start up our morning chats again.
I am very grateful for my neighbor.
Dallas Green, 12, whose 9-year-old sister, Christina-Taylor, was the youngest victim of the shooting rampage.
