15/12/2025
In 2016, I walked into a shelter looking for a dog to hike and run with. I walked out with Nala, a pitty who couldn’t walk and a life I never saw coming.
In the beginning, our mornings were slow and very hard. We worked on the strength in her back legs, one careful step at a time. Learning how to move again. Learning how to trust again. Progress measured in inches, not miles.
What I didn’t know then was how much I needed those slow mornings. How much I needed her steady presence through the hardest seasons of my life. Nala was a gentle soul that never kept score and loved us quietly - even on the days I deserved it least.
While there is a hole that I don’t know how to fill and a life that seems so foreign without her, I am endlessly grateful Nala was able to hold on long enough to meet our two boys and to love them the way she loved us. Without condition. Without hesitation.
Rest easy, my sweet sweet girl
Nala Bear ❤️
