20/01/2021
“Life isn’t like a movie, but it sure will make you cry, when it dawns on you it’s time to say goodbye.”
After nearly two and a half years of getting to work with absolutely incredible dogs while meeting outstandingly gorgeous people, I have decided to close this chapter of A.R.F.F.F. for now as I embark on to a new adventure in Santa Barbara! 🐶🐾✨ (but I’ll still be dog sitting so hit me up for that!)
I feel as though every minute I’ve spent invested in A.R.F.F.F. should be accounted for, but I can’t spend the next 2.5 years of my life reflecting...so I’ll just say this:
A.R.F.F.F. has been a gift and treasure in my life. Perhaps not the business as a whole, but the people I’ve met through it.
I started A.R.F.F.F. because I needed it.
I couldn’t stand being disconnected anymore. I had to know I was more valuable than what I let people define me as. I could FEEL something in me dying to get out, to be free and alive. A.R.F.F.F. was my way of letting that happen.
I needed to be outside. I needed the opportunity and space to think for myself. I needed to work for myself.
“Why not just throw it up and see where it lands?” I thought naively. Along the way, I was met with so much kindness, generosity, and loveliness from the people I encountered.
I really do believe dog owners are among the best people ever 🤣
I don’t know if they’ll ever know what their small interactions did for me. The casual conversation, the extra moment they took to make me feel important—it did something to me. It changed my belief about my reality. My world became better, I could feel myself more becoming more alive than I’d ever been.
I’m so incredibly thankful. I can’t even tell you. To the person who reads this, it’s for you too.
There’s a place for you, there is space for you. Out in this world, I know there’s a piece for you, and it’s so fulfilling. You can have as much of it as you want.
It’s because I know this that I can bravely take the next step towards what else I’m trying to hear my heart call me to. I believe because I’ve been believed in. I know it’s out there, I know what it feels like and I’m going to feel it again.
I’m so glad I met you.