I ‘rescued’ YaYa from the Miami Dade Animal shelter but in all honesty, she rescued me. She smiles when I come home. She paws at me when she knows something is off. She kisses me when I ask for it. I can’t even tell you guys how many times I’ve cried into her fur. . . She came into my life at a rough time when I was dealing with heartbreak - I didn’t know who I was outside of the relationship. Not only did she help me find myself again, she gave me something to live for. . . People often ask me what YaYa means, or how I decided on the name. Thanks to Jay Z, I learned that YaYa means ‘grandmother’ in a few different languages. The idea and intention behind her name is to shower her in the same unconditional love that my grandmother showed me. YaYa. . . I beat myself up for a LONG time over the mistakes I made in my last relationship, and even the mistakes I made throughout the breakup. It opened up wounds that had nothing to do with my previous partner and forced me to look deeper at where those patterns were coming from. For that opening I am grateful - not only did I learn how to put myself back together, but I also learned to forgive myself and others. No matter what is said about me, or presented to the world, I know who I am, and I found that ‘knowing’ through this process. My choices have lead me here, and had I not made the choices, YaYa might not be here, and that is only ever going to be a good thing. #gratitude #trusttheprocess #forgivenessheals #dogpapa https://www.instagram.com/p/Btjw-jBgHav/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nxd7805j75nl
