Unleashing Life’s Adventures- Bella

I always wondered what my soulmate would be like. It was something I’d been thinking about since I was 5 years old. Would he be tall? Handsome? Funny? Smart? In March of 2017, I was walking down in the Gaslamp district in San Diego with my then-boyfriend and got a text. My dad had sent me a picture of a litter of German Short Haired puppies. They were just a few weeks old. I thought it over countless times. I was having a hard time in life. I wasn’t sure what my life was or where it was going but I knew I needed something to keep my feet on the ground. 

On April 1st, 2017, I went to Chino with my family and I were chosen by a perfect 6 week old puppy, Peeps. None of the others had really bothered with me as I sat down but one tiny brown puppy came right up and lifted his head to me. He was as soft as velvet with the sweetest eyes. He came home with us and everything changed. I unknowingly brought my soulmate into my life. Peeps reshaped my world.

Peeps, was a love that I’d never felt before. He was sweet and tender but also mischievous and free spirited. Like any puppy, he was growing faster than I knew what to do with but we found our rhythm eventually. 

The relationship I’d been in when I’d first gotten him ended. A vicious cycle in my love life but something had shifted in my heart. While it was a challenge to love and lose, there wasn’t pain like my younger 20s and teen years. My world shifted into what Peeps needed which subsequently aligned with what I really needed. I was outside more often, taking on new adventures, and pushing myself for more. What was once an occasional walk on the weekends, turned into daily walks after work. Weekends were instead shifted to hiking day trips. Time off of work made for long road trips. I got to free an adventurous spirit that had been trapped in my heart, that had been held back by fear.

I am beyond grateful for him. He made me love myself and the world more. He allowed me the grace to be whatever I wanted. He trusted me to care for him and his needs. We’ve taken on so much in his 7years of life. He’s been up and down most of the California coast, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. He’s been to both the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. He’s run free on the beaches in Fort Bragg where the river meets the ocean. I’ve snuggled with him in 30 degree weather in a tent, car camped, and enjoyed the comforts of hotels. He moved with me into my first apartment and helped fill the space with love for my partner and I. 

The gratitude I feel for him will never be able to ever expressed enough. Through my chronic pains, heart aches, personal growth, and self doubts. Peeps has comforted me every step of the way. I found my soulmate and he changed my life. This is incredibly sweet, silly, beautiful little creature opened my heart to adventure I didn’t know I could achieve. I’ll spend the rest of the time I have with him trying to give him the same love he pours into me.