08/25/2025
✨ Sometimes I don’t share the hardest parts of my personal life, but today my heart is too full not to. ✨
About 500 days ago, my life changed in a way I never thought I could survive. I had to leave my home, and even harder—I had to leave my two sweet baby girls behind. They were (and always will be) the light of my life. They were my children, my companions, my everything. I had spent every minute I could with them—sleeping beside them every night, loving them with all my heart.
When life shifted, it didn’t feel right to uproot them from the home and wide-open space they were used to just to move them into an apartment with me. As painful as it was, I made the choice to let them stay where they belonged. That decision broke me. Even though I still get to see them once a week, the heartbreak of leaving them each time was more than I ever thought I could bear.
Through it all, I carried an emptiness and a loneliness that I never shared publicly. My world is so full—my job brings me immense joy, my family and friends fill my life with love, my coworkers and clients light me up every day. But in the quiet moments, without my girls, there has been a deep ache in my heart.
This morning, something extraordinary happened. My sisters—my best friends, my constants—surprised me with the most life-changing gift: a beautiful new puppy. 🐾 This little one can never replace my girls, but she is a new chapter, a healing presence, and a reminder of the light that always finds its way back to us.
I am overwhelmed by the love and selflessness behind this gift. I can’t stop crying tears of gratitude. My story has been filled with lessons in sacrifice, love, and resilience. Today, I was reminded that even in the hardest seasons, life has a way of turning around in the most unexpected and beautiful ways.
💖 To my sisters: thank you for knowing my heart so well and giving me back a piece of it. And to everyone who has walked beside me through this—thank you for being my light.
