Bio: Leigh Brill is a writer, speaker, and advocate for people with disabilities. She published her first story at the age of fifteen; since then her writing has reached national and international audiences through publications including Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body & Soul, the Guideposts book Soul Menders, and the magazines Just Labs: A Celebration of the Labrador Retriever and Pets: Part of the Family. Leigh has shared more than a decade of her life in the company of service dogs and continues to do so. She lives with her family in rural Virginia. Visit her at www.leighbrill.com.