Rosie becomes a service dog for my invisible injury

Rosie with me in airlline check-in line July 5, 2021

I was reaching into the loose carrots, one hand wrapped in a plastic bag, the other holding Rosie’s leash. I heard only, “It’s illegal.” Her voice was angry, the woman in the organic banana section of our local grocery store. I knew the comment was aimed at me. It was a familiar tone, the people who take it on themselves to enforce store policies, without asking questions and without thought to the…