Maddie Calderhead
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I love to travel, My golden retriever is my bestfriend and I am battling each day with anxiety. Unsure of what career path I want to pursue next and obsessed with constant change.
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The golden boy
September 2019 I finally convinced my boyfriend to get a puppy, we had both decided we wanted a family oriented breed and what better one than a golden retriever right? We reached out to many different breeders, some far and some close to where we were living. We settled on one that was 30 minutes from where we lived and we scooped the last spot for a litter that was due in October 2019. I was so excited I was finally going to get my golden boy, Little did I know at this time how much love I would grow to have for a 4 legged fur baby that I was yet to meet. October 19, 2019 I recieved the email stating the puppies had been born ! His brave fur mama had delivered 11 healthy pups, 9 were male and 2 were female. I remember the excitment I felt when I opened the email to see the tiny little golden potato looking pups all bundled up together, so fresh and so pure. As time went on we recieved weekly updates on how the pups were doing and to show the progress of them growing leading up to the weeks before we were able to finally meet them. We had pick of the litter due to my boyfriend working out of town and ill never forget the flood of emotions that I felt walking into the room to see 11 adorable little puppies all propped up on the side of their boarded up area so excited to be loved. It was a stressful yet such an amazing 30 minutes to pick out our boy who would be coming home with us in 2 short weeks. We settled on the brown ribboned puppy as he had white tips on his paws and a white patch on his chest which none of the other puppies had, we named him Archie. The anticipation to bring our boy home set in that day and I could not wait to get to hold him again and bring him home with us forever, Archie was the perfect name for him it suited him and we had never met another dog named Archie before. December 12, 2019 We finally got to go pick our baby up, I snuggled him and kissed him the whole way home and in that moment I knew he would be a sweet mamas boy.
By Maddie Calderhead4 years ago in Petlife
Anxiety
Do you ever wake up wondering "why me" Why out of everyone on this earth did I have to be the one to battle such a demon as anxiety. No matter how far you try and run you can never seem to escape, Its a daily struggle that follows you wherever you go and will creep up on you in your weakest moments. I never thought it would happen to me, It was something my mother struggled with since before i was born and not something I fully understood until I was staring at myself in the mirror. It was out of nowhere, all of a sudden it had taken its shot, my life was forever changed since that day. I spent months feeling lost, misunderstood, unknown to my surroundings and hopeless. I tried to fix myself and nothing I did stopped it from dragging me down deeper and deeper. My doctor placed me on medication which my mother had been on for years, I was defeated and looking for something to help and that was not it. After many medication and dosage changes I finally settled into the new normal of my life, It was hard to adjust as I was trying anything I could to get back to how I was before that day.
By Maddie Calderhead4 years ago in Psyche
