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Meet the newest members of the @navarro_college_cheer squad. It took sweat, blood, and tears to get here and we’d be no where without @monicaaldama’s guidance. Brody, Winston and Ivy all made mat. Only 68 days until Daytona.

In 2020 let’s make #goodgirl become as popular as #goodboy 💁🏽‍♀️

Since my temporary foster Brady’s departure I’ve received two types of messages - the first, about what a wonderful thing I’ve done and second, asking how I am. ⁣ ⁣ It’s odd because sometimes with the way I feel it’s as if I’ve done something horrible. I miss him and keep leaning into my setter babes in his absence. ⁣ ⁣ But I want to thank you all for lifting me up and for the space to feel a little broken and that being OK. ⁣ ⁣ I also want to take this opportunity to say I’m not here to influence. I’m here to inspire. Brady is one example. There are thousands of others. You can help dogs and communities in the way I do too. Fostering, donating, sharing, transporting, you name it. We can do it. So let’s do it.

My Monday face 🥴 Who else feels this today?

We’re almost home after our weekend in St. Louis dropping off Brady. It’s safe to say I got attached and my heart is feeling a bit fragile after saying goodbye. The house is going to feel empty without him. But in just a couple hours we get to bring the chaos of Winston and Ivy back to it. I’m ready to shift my love and energy back to my OG setter fam.

We just dropped Brady off in St. Louis. I wasn’t ready to let him go. Goodbye sweet boy. I can’t wait to see him blossom in his next chapter.

Any spare minute I’ve gotten this week, I’ve sat on the floor looking into this crate. In the last six days looking back at me was a scared, skinny dog with mental wounds he couldn’t escape. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Each hour as I’ve watched I’ve seen him begin to surrender the past that left him surrendered at a shelter. Eating his first meal after almost three days, his first flicker of a tail wag, when he first let his head relax into the blankets. He’s been my subject of my extensive study. I’ve documented every action and recorded it deep in my heart for years to come. And tomorrow the crate I’ve dedicated my days to watching will become empty. ⁣ ⁣ It’s been such an honor to be among the first to show you love, Brady.

Instagram is a deceptive machine. No one shares a photo of their worst days. ⁣ ⁣ So when we browse this app after the day we had, we start thinking: just me, eh? This week has been some of my hardest personally and professionally. And during a time when my heart is bracing for a break saying goodbye to Brady, life jumped the gun and said let’s give you some harder stuff now. ⁣ ⁣ So here’s your reminder that everyone is going through a struggle you don’t know about and that at one time a baby Wintin sunbathing was caught on camera.

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