Life is about to change
I am so excited to share with you that I am starting a family. On September 28 I will finally get a puppy I have wanted for 18 months. It has been a long wait, but it has come together perfectly. To be completely honest I am quite emotional about it all. Years ago, I envisaged that by 35 I would be married with at least 2 children but at this stage I haven’t yet met my Mr to do life with and children haven’t happened either. It’s really not how I thought things would go and to be honest from time to time it has got me down. I was never a woman who wanted to settle for someone who wasn’t compatible with me or the life I want to lead, and children have been something I’ve yearned for, for a decade. But here we are. As a 35 year old woman society doesn’t tell you what life will feel like when your dream of the family hasn’t happened and the biological clock is ticking, its honestly pretty confronting but despite an internal drive that sometimes compels me to freak out I am at ease with sticking the course of finding the right person and having the family I desire. One part of this puzzle was getting a golden retriever so you can probably imagine just how excited I am.
Since I knew I was getting her my thoughts have been so different. I now look around my house and think ‘ooh that’s not safe.’ I think about whether people are vaccinated enough, I’ve already completed a puppy training course and my little girl is only 2 weeks old. I’ve also discovered insanely great Facebook groups for pet friendly holidays, and it excites me so much. For years my brother and sister have had their little families in Australia and Canada, and I have been working on business, my own personal development, travelling and finding out where to live long term. While I’ve had relationships, I didn’t quite meet someone who I wanted to do life with, so I have had adventures solo and with friends and while I’ve loved it, it isn’t quite the same. I am so looking forward to our own adventures (and how she will veto any future Daddy) as a little mini family moving forward.
I cannot wait to teach her things, talk to her like I used to talk to my dog Sammy when I was growing up, give her funny nicknames and make some incredible memories together. Almost every day the owners of Daisy, her mum, send me photos and videos of how she is going and I fall in love more and more. I am seriously on the countdown to puppy mama time and trying not to buy all the things to make her the most spoilt dog in Australia.
