Let's Cut Out Our Bad Habits Together

Hey, guys. I'm kind of coming with a heavy heart today, so, you know, we're gonna bypass the ways to break bad habits, and we're just gonna move into something that's a little bit more weighing on my heart today. I have an amazing boxer named Layla, a female boxer. She's been my wife and I's rock for the last ten years. And for some reason, last night, I don't know what it is. Yes, she suffers with heart disease, but, you know, last night around 1011, she just kind of whimpered and started crying, and we didn't know exactly what was going on.

It just got getting worse and worse and worse throughout the night, to the point where we called the emergency vet and we couldn't get her into the emergency vet. The house was full. m. To our vet. But I don't think things are looking very good. It's interesting to see in the morning what it looks like for your children that are going through a situation like that. Really first big emotional loss with your animals. It was going to be an emotional loss with your animals, with your wife that was almost cemented our marriage together, you know, was this amazing animal that has brought us so much joy and love and quirkiness and fun and everything else.

And so, although I do have a heavy heart, there's also this beautiful moment of taking a step back and going for a walk, which I'm doing right now, and taking your memory through the last ten years of all the fun things. And one of the things is we live right by a lake here in Minnesota, which, you know, gosh, right, funny land at 10,000 plus lakes, but we live right by the lake here in Minnesota. And we always used to take her on and run back and forth and back and forth, and in winter, and she would, you know, her paws would get caught on the ice and slide and slide all over, and it was so much fun.

And, you know, the amount of walks that have taken her around on this path, miles and miles and miles of walks. And, you know, although it can be sad and it can also be super joyous and just remembering all the wonderful times. And so I'm sure you and, you know, some of your family have. Have animals and animals that you love, and, you know, those days will come for all of them. And I understand that I'm not here to be a Debbie downer. That's not what I'm doing. But, you know, enjoy that time and enjoy those time with those, you know, man's best, women's best friends.

Take it in, love it up. And, yeah, never, never forget the small things. Those. Those small things mean so much more sometimes than the big things. So my message today is, I know there's a lot of individuals that are listening that have their own animals, their own dogs, their own cats and hamsters, whatever that is that floats your boat, but enjoy your time with them. Take it in, love them up. They give you so much and, you know, give them so much back. So take care. You guys have a wonderful weekend.

Thanks for listening. And like I said, it's, you know, definitely going live today with a heavy heart. And we can talk habits and everything else some other time, but, you know, we are real people sharing real stories, and. And one of our core values is authenticity. And I'd be lying if I'd come on here and talk to you about habits. I don't have that today. What I do have is just being authentic about how much I love that dog. Have a good day. Bye.