Ninety-year-old Donna James came to her daughter with a sweet request: a lap dog. Little did she know, Mocha, a blind rescue Chihuahua, was looking for a warm lap to call home.

In her search, Donna’s daughter reached out to Pawportunities, a foster-based rescue in Blue Springs, Missouri. Carrie Siems, the nonprofit’s executive director, knew Donna and Mocha were meant for each other.

“It was just a routine coordinating of fosters coming in on a large transport, and when they reached out about a different dog and explained what they were looking for, I knew Mocha would be perfect,” Siems told Upworthy.

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Blind rescue dog Mocha meets Donna

A now-viral video on Instagram showed the moment Donna and Mocha met for the first time. Donna sat in........

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