She arrived on our doorstep about one week old, very still and so cold, so cold.  It was a little coyote girl.  She appeared to be dead, but holding her, I detected what might be the faintest heartbeat.  I wrapped her in a towel and put her on a hot water bottle.  It was a long time before warmth returned to her body.  She lived!  During the day she stayed with me, wrapped in a shirt around my waist; at night she cried out for companionship until I took her into the bed. She would snuggle close, contented, peaceful, quiet.

For some reason that month we had many visitors and school programs.  With all her coyote life force she taught, she showed, she helped people feel, deep in their hearts. It is impossible to describe the look of wonder and delight on little faces as they touched her.  Utter magic. Four hundred people she taught that month.  But despite our best efforts, as April turned into May, she started to fade.  There was no medical reason – she just gently faded away until she was gone.  She was on this earth for only four weeks, but what an impact she made!  An impact not measured by time, or size, but by heart and spirit.

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