When you walk up to Natalie Donaldson’s little cottage-style house in Tulsa, Okla., you’re greeted by her bright smile, and her well-muscled pit bull named Sigrid.
“She’s friendly but she’s gonna want to check you out,” Donaldson said.
Donaldson is an army vet, and she had a rough go in the military. She has PTSD. And that’s partly why owning this house is important to her — she has her own space where she feels safe.
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