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When I look at this picture I see more than just a bond forming between two sisters and their new pup. 💕 I see a big sister feeling a huge sense of relief that her little sister will have yet another protector to watch over her when she’s not feeling her best. 💗 With so much focus, time, & attention given away to try to keep Roo well, I worry that she may feel slighted, but I’m quickly reassured by her selfless nature. 💝 She’s taught me more about unconditional love in her almost eight years than any person on this planet 💞 Who is the one person who has taught you about unconditional love & how share with me in the comments 👇🏼💓 Happy Valentine’s Day friends! #sisters #valentinesday2018 #puppyloveWhen I arrived in Alaska back in 2008 I had no job. No permanent place to live & just a little over $1000 to my name. ⠀⠀ The first investment I made was a $400 down-filled NorthFace Coat from REI, which I purchased from the sale of the car I used to drive from NJ, across the country, through the Yukon Territory into Alaska. I walked to and from work, about a half mile, every day in the bitter cold and snow. When I first came to Anchorage it was unseasonably warm. ⠀⠀ It didn’t last long. ⠀⠀ As the summer days faded into darkness and the snow covered the city, like a giant blanket, I quickly learned I was no longer in “Kansas anymore.” Once October came it had begun snowing steadily and I was told to expect that until May. I settled into a job & the fully furnished condo I found for rent with a roommate & my boyfriend. After work one night I came home to an empty house, or so I thought, as I struggled to find the switch on the wall in the dark, out of the emptiness he spoke. I nearly jumped out of my skin. I knew his mood by the tone in his voice. Whatever I had walked into was about to play out. Only I was all too familiar with how it did so I quickly removed myself. ⠀⠀ My story could have ended there. Like it almost did years before, in another apartment, in another city, when one of his moods landed me unconscious. Only it didn’t. ⠀⠀ I am standing here today. NO longer in Alaska. No longer with a man that abused me for nearly five years because someone I never met breathed life back into me when I didn’t think I could find the strength on my own. ⠀⠀ As I stand here today, watching my girls play, I am reminded of God’s amazing Grace. How He has washed me clean like snow & given me new life. I have learned that survival doesn’t take place until well after you’ve been out of that horror you were living in. And the residual will kill you just the same. So I’ve finally decide maybe I should just let that shizz go, only trauma doesn’t necessarily work that way. #metoo #survivor #ipreviewI’m a jumbled mess of emotions. 😭 As I sit here trying to write a caption to adorn these brief clips we took yesterday of Ruby’s service pup in her very first stages of learning with the breeder. 😱 I honestly am at a loss for words. {swipe left} ✨ However, a year ago when Roo started getting sick I didn’t know this was possible. I’d never heard of D.A.D. Training. I was lost. I was praying & pleading for answers and struggling to put the pieces of the puzzle together to try to heal her. 😢 The road to uncover the underlying cause of Ruby’s symptoms has been frustrating to say the least, but the way God has worked to make this possible has been nothing short of miraculous! 🙏🏼 Look at our girl. Finding “low” from Ruby’s saliva samples. Isn’t she amazing! 🙌🏼 There is much work to be done, but we are certainly ready and willing to do whatever we have to do to keep Ruby safe and healthy & now so is Shadow Luna 💕 #watchmelearn #servivepupintraining #rubysservicepup #labradoodleBest. Day. Ever. 💕🐶 #puppylove #labradoodleThis little lady saw a short video clip earlier and a photo of her special pup. She’s beyond excited. ⠀⠀ I could barely contain my emotions. I was contemplating doing a live video when we go to pick up the pup, but I am not sure I will be able to hold it together in order to do so. ⠀⠀ This has been such an emotional journey and it’s only just the beginning. I really wish that each and every one of you who prayed, shared, sent encouragement or donated to make this possible could be there with us on Saturday, but I know we have your support and that has meant the world to us. ⠀⠀ Two more sleeps! 💕🐶 #servicepup #dreamcometrue #GodisSOGoodF o r t y f i v e 🎉 ⠀⠀ It’s my Birthday 🥳 ⠀⠀ So I want to have a little fun & then I want to give YOU a gift for playing along. I’ve chosen a few random questions for you to answer. The person with the most correct answers wins. In the event of a tie I will have one of my girls pick your name out of a hat. 😉 ⠀⠀ Winner gets a 5 ml bottle of Young Living Tangerine OR Peppermint essential oil. You choose & I will send to you. ***winner must not already have a YL membership, but feel free to play along just for fun & I’ll send you something else*** ⠀⠀ Ready?! ⠀⠀ 1.) What day of the week was I born? ⠀⠀ 2.) How much did I weigh at birth? ⠀⠀ 3.) What’s my favorite color? ⠀⠀ 4.) What was my childhood nickname? ⠀⠀ 5.) What is my all time favorite food? ⠀⠀ 6.) Vanilla or Chocolate? ⠀⠀ 7.) How many states have I lived in? ⠀⠀ 8.) How many tattoos do I have? ⠀⠀ 9.) Beach or Mountains? ⠀⠀ 10.) Who is my favorite 80’s band? ⠀⠀ 11.) {Bonus} What was my favorite 70-80’s TV show as a kid? ⠀⠀ ****winner picked tomorrow**** #birthdaygirl #fortyfive #happybirthdaytoME
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When I look at this picture I see more than just a bond forming between two sisters and their new pup. 💕 I see a big sister feeling a huge sense of relief that her little sister will have yet another protector to watch over her when she’s not feeling her best. 💗 With so much focus, time, & attention given away to try to keep Roo well, I worry that she may feel slighted, but I’m quickly reassured by her selfless nature. 💝 She’s taught me more about unconditional love in her almost eight years than any person on this planet 💞 Who is the one person who has taught you about unconditional love & how share with me in the comments 👇🏼💓 Happy Valentine’s Day friends! #sisters #valentinesday2018 #puppyloveWhen I arrived in Alaska back in 2008 I had no job. No permanent place to live & just a little over $1000 to my name. ⠀⠀ The first investment I made was a $400 down-filled NorthFace Coat from REI, which I purchased from the sale of the car I used to drive from NJ, across the country, through the Yukon Territory into Alaska. I walked to and from work, about a half mile, every day in the bitter cold and snow. When I first came to Anchorage it was unseasonably warm. ⠀⠀ It didn’t last long. ⠀⠀ As the summer days faded into darkness and the snow covered the city, like a giant blanket, I quickly learned I was no longer in “Kansas anymore.” Once October came it had begun snowing steadily and I was told to expect that until May. I settled into a job & the fully furnished condo I found for rent with a roommate & my boyfriend. After work one night I came home to an empty house, or so I thought, as I struggled to find the switch on the wall in the dark, out of the emptiness he spoke. I nearly jumped out of my skin. I knew his mood by the tone in his voice. Whatever I had walked into was about to play out. Only I was all too familiar with how it did so I quickly removed myself. ⠀⠀ My story could have ended there. Like it almost did years before, in another apartment, in another city, when one of his moods landed me unconscious. Only it didn’t. ⠀⠀ I am standing here today. NO longer in Alaska. No longer with a man that abused me for nearly five years because someone I never met breathed life back into me when I didn’t think I could find the strength on my own. ⠀⠀ As I stand here today, watching my girls play, I am reminded of God’s amazing Grace. How He has washed me clean like snow & given me new life. I have learned that survival doesn’t take place until well after you’ve been out of that horror you were living in. And the residual will kill you just the same. So I’ve finally decide maybe I should just let that shizz go, only trauma doesn’t necessarily work that way. #metoo #survivor #ipreviewI’m a jumbled mess of emotions. 😭 As I sit here trying to write a caption to adorn these brief clips we took yesterday of Ruby’s service pup in her very first stages of learning with the breeder. 😱 I honestly am at a loss for words. {swipe left} ✨ However, a year ago when Roo started getting sick I didn’t know this was possible. I’d never heard of D.A.D. Training. I was lost. I was praying & pleading for answers and struggling to put the pieces of the puzzle together to try to heal her. 😢 The road to uncover the underlying cause of Ruby’s symptoms has been frustrating to say the least, but the way God has worked to make this possible has been nothing short of miraculous! 🙏🏼 Look at our girl. Finding “low” from Ruby’s saliva samples. Isn’t she amazing! 🙌🏼 There is much work to be done, but we are certainly ready and willing to do whatever we have to do to keep Ruby safe and healthy & now so is Shadow Luna 💕 #watchmelearn #servivepupintraining #rubysservicepup #labradoodleBest. Day. Ever. 💕🐶 #puppylove #labradoodleThis little lady saw a short video clip earlier and a photo of her special pup. She’s beyond excited. ⠀⠀ I could barely contain my emotions. I was contemplating doing a live video when we go to pick up the pup, but I am not sure I will be able to hold it together in order to do so. ⠀⠀ This has been such an emotional journey and it’s only just the beginning. I really wish that each and every one of you who prayed, shared, sent encouragement or donated to make this possible could be there with us on Saturday, but I know we have your support and that has meant the world to us. ⠀⠀ Two more sleeps! 💕🐶 #servicepup #dreamcometrue #GodisSOGoodF o r t y f i v e 🎉 ⠀⠀ It’s my Birthday 🥳 ⠀⠀ So I want to have a little fun & then I want to give YOU a gift for playing along. I’ve chosen a few random questions for you to answer. The person with the most correct answers wins. In the event of a tie I will have one of my girls pick your name out of a hat. 😉 ⠀⠀ Winner gets a 5 ml bottle of Young Living Tangerine OR Peppermint essential oil. You choose & I will send to you. ***winner must not already have a YL membership, but feel free to play along just for fun & I’ll send you something else*** ⠀⠀ Ready?! ⠀⠀ 1.) What day of the week was I born? ⠀⠀ 2.) How much did I weigh at birth? ⠀⠀ 3.) What’s my favorite color? ⠀⠀ 4.) What was my childhood nickname? ⠀⠀ 5.) What is my all time favorite food? ⠀⠀ 6.) Vanilla or Chocolate? ⠀⠀ 7.) How many states have I lived in? ⠀⠀ 8.) How many tattoos do I have? ⠀⠀ 9.) Beach or Mountains? ⠀⠀ 10.) Who is my favorite 80’s band? ⠀⠀ 11.) {Bonus} What was my favorite 70-80’s TV show as a kid? ⠀⠀ ****winner picked tomorrow**** #birthdaygirl #fortyfive #happybirthdaytoMEInstagram
When I look at this picture I see more than just a bond forming between two sisters and their new pup. 💕 I see a big sister feeling a huge sense of relief that her little sister will have yet another protector to watch over her when she’s not feeling her best. 💗 With so much focus, time, & attention given away to try to keep Roo well, I worry that she may feel slighted, but I’m quickly reassured by her selfless nature. 💝 She’s taught me more about unconditional love in her almost eight years than any person on this planet 💞 Who is the one person who has taught you about unconditional love & how share with me in the comments 👇🏼💓 Happy Valentine’s Day friends! #sisters #valentinesday2018 #puppyloveWhen I arrived in Alaska back in 2008 I had no job. No permanent place to live & just a little over $1000 to my name. ⠀⠀ The first investment I made was a $400 down-filled NorthFace Coat from REI, which I purchased from the sale of the car I used to drive from NJ, across the country, through the Yukon Territory into Alaska. I walked to and from work, about a half mile, every day in the bitter cold and snow. When I first came to Anchorage it was unseasonably warm. ⠀⠀ It didn’t last long. ⠀⠀ As the summer days faded into darkness and the snow covered the city, like a giant blanket, I quickly learned I was no longer in “Kansas anymore.” Once October came it had begun snowing steadily and I was told to expect that until May. I settled into a job & the fully furnished condo I found for rent with a roommate & my boyfriend. After work one night I came home to an empty house, or so I thought, as I struggled to find the switch on the wall in the dark, out of the emptiness he spoke. I nearly jumped out of my skin. I knew his mood by the tone in his voice. Whatever I had walked into was about to play out. Only I was all too familiar with how it did so I quickly removed myself. ⠀⠀ My story could have ended there. Like it almost did years before, in another apartment, in another city, when one of his moods landed me unconscious. Only it didn’t. ⠀⠀ I am standing here today. NO longer in Alaska. No longer with a man that abused me for nearly five years because someone I never met breathed life back into me when I didn’t think I could find the strength on my own. ⠀⠀ As I stand here today, watching my girls play, I am reminded of God’s amazing Grace. How He has washed me clean like snow & given me new life. I have learned that survival doesn’t take place until well after you’ve been out of that horror you were living in. And the residual will kill you just the same. So I’ve finally decide maybe I should just let that shizz go, only trauma doesn’t necessarily work that way. #metoo #survivor #ipreviewI’m a jumbled mess of emotions. 😭 As I sit here trying to write a caption to adorn these brief clips we took yesterday of Ruby’s service pup in her very first stages of learning with the breeder. 😱 I honestly am at a loss for words. {swipe left} ✨ However, a year ago when Roo started getting sick I didn’t know this was possible. I’d never heard of D.A.D. Training. I was lost. I was praying & pleading for answers and struggling to put the pieces of the puzzle together to try to heal her. 😢 The road to uncover the underlying cause of Ruby’s symptoms has been frustrating to say the least, but the way God has worked to make this possible has been nothing short of miraculous! 🙏🏼 Look at our girl. Finding “low” from Ruby’s saliva samples. Isn’t she amazing! 🙌🏼 There is much work to be done, but we are certainly ready and willing to do whatever we have to do to keep Ruby safe and healthy & now so is Shadow Luna 💕 #watchmelearn #servivepupintraining #rubysservicepup #labradoodleBest. Day. Ever. 💕🐶 #puppylove #labradoodleThis little lady saw a short video clip earlier and a photo of her special pup. She’s beyond excited. ⠀⠀ I could barely contain my emotions. I was contemplating doing a live video when we go to pick up the pup, but I am not sure I will be able to hold it together in order to do so. ⠀⠀ This has been such an emotional journey and it’s only just the beginning. I really wish that each and every one of you who prayed, shared, sent encouragement or donated to make this possible could be there with us on Saturday, but I know we have your support and that has meant the world to us. ⠀⠀ Two more sleeps! 💕🐶 #servicepup #dreamcometrue #GodisSOGoodF o r t y f i v e 🎉 ⠀⠀ It’s my Birthday 🥳 ⠀⠀ So I want to have a little fun & then I want to give YOU a gift for playing along. I’ve chosen a few random questions for you to answer. The person with the most correct answers wins. In the event of a tie I will have one of my girls pick your name out of a hat. 😉 ⠀⠀ Winner gets a 5 ml bottle of Young Living Tangerine OR Peppermint essential oil. You choose & I will send to you. ***winner must not already have a YL membership, but feel free to play along just for fun & I’ll send you something else*** ⠀⠀ Ready?! ⠀⠀ 1.) What day of the week was I born? ⠀⠀ 2.) How much did I weigh at birth? ⠀⠀ 3.) What’s my favorite color? ⠀⠀ 4.) What was my childhood nickname? ⠀⠀ 5.) What is my all time favorite food? ⠀⠀ 6.) Vanilla or Chocolate? ⠀⠀ 7.) How many states have I lived in? ⠀⠀ 8.) How many tattoos do I have? ⠀⠀ 9.) Beach or Mountains? ⠀⠀ 10.) Who is my favorite 80’s band? ⠀⠀ 11.) {Bonus} What was my favorite 70-80’s TV show as a kid? ⠀⠀ ****winner picked tomorrow**** #birthdaygirl #fortyfive #happybirthdaytoME
Oh,those cheeks!
What a gorgeous little girl.
thank you!