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Today, 17 years ago, I found you. Today is 25 weeks and 3 days since I held you for the last time and my heart burns horribly, yet these photos make me smile. Grief is a rollercoaster.
Happy #adoptaversary Bub 🩵
Love you forever.
I’ll love you forever and remember you always.
Mai-Tai 🐶🩵 Oct 15 2007 - July 13 2024
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I’ve typed and deleted words on here a thousand times since July.
At one month, I thought I was emotionally ready, I wasn’t.
At 2 months & then 3 months I tried again, still couldn’t see through my tears. Then it was his birthday, and then my first birthday without him, then it was just a random day, and then it was our first Christmas without him and now we turn the page on 2024. It f*** sucks.
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There is no perfect photo or photos that will ever show just how special my life with Mai-Tai for 16.75 years was. And there is certainly no way I will ever be able to put into words this feeling I sit with daily knowing I will never hold him again. I miss him so much.
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I’ve been paralyzed by perfection in how & when to share, and as we all prepare to enter a new year, my heart sinks thinking that Mai-Tai will not be joining. So, If not now, when?
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2024 was one of the hardest years of my life but one I will never forget. Just like MTs birthday (Oct 15, 2007) and the day I rescued him from Chatuchak Market in Bangkok, Thailand (Jan 7, 2008), July 13, 2024 will be etched in my memory forever.
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He will always have a permanent place in my heart, and now, even more permanent photos on here.
I love you Bubba and I miss you more than I could have ever prepared myself for.
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Photo 1: March 2024
Photo 2: Jan 2008
Today, Mai-Tai turned 1️⃣6️⃣.5️⃣ 🥳
We have been celebrating him everyday these past few years. Time is precious, especially with our fur babies, so I wanted to make today special!
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I chauffeured him along kits beach this morning, reminiscing about the days he would jump logs to follow me along the beach to the dog area. Tonight I cooked him a strip loin steak from @wholefoods that I hand fed him (this isn’t special treatment, just senior pug care!). 📸 @warrenkrinsky
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Let’s face it, dogs don’t know what day it is, but I’m certain they know love. And I (we) love him… more than words can describe.
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1st photo was last Saturday while on a walk with my Mum @dawnmccormick7352 around False Creek.
2nd, 3rd & 4th photos are from the last 2 weeks.
5th is a video taken 2 weeks ago on his daily block walk.
6th photo was from a @newbalance photo shoot in 2016 taken by @christhornvisual
7th, 8th & 9th photos are of memories from when Bub & I were both babies!
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#mondaywithmaitai #pug #pugs #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #thaidog #thailand🇹🇭 #birthday
Berlin souvenir 🤦🏼♀️
Turns out…. I broke my second metatarsal at 18.5km of the @berlinmarathon .
Woke up Monday after the race prepared to squish my swollen foot into my Birkenstock and jump our plane to Portugal.
But…. a few messages back & forth with @runningintoyoga and her husband (an orthopedic surgeon in Germany), @maciej.simon … and I decided to take his recommendation to visit a medical clinic 2 blocks away.
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1 hour start to finish: I saw a Doctor, had an ultrasound & x-ray, picked up a fabulous pain medication and got fitted with this cool air cast.
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Today is 4 weeks with the boot. Not sure how many more to go, but I’m not in a rush, I surrendered weeks ago. Something I read back in week one has helped me cope through this hugely and I think it can be applied to life even without a boot….
🌟It’s not about what you CAN’T do, it’s what you CAN!🌟
I’ve definitely gotten creative (life & workouts) but it’s working for me… for now.
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Without a doubt, @warrenkrinsky is husband of the year. I was not the best version of myself the first few weeks (maybe still not 🫣😆). I’d be lost without you Warr 🩷
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#fracture #recovery #aircast #berlinmarathon #running #runner
S I X T E E N 🐶⚡️🩵
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1 week ago was Mai-Tai’s 16th Birthday.
We took him for a car ride where he fell asleep in my lap (his favourite past time, after food) followed by a cruise around Kits beach in his ‘Bentley’ (Dog stroller) with his body guards 🐶🩵🐶🩷, to reflect on all the memories we have created and collected with him over the years (📸1-5)
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Kits beach has always been a special place for us, even when we lived downtown.
We would start our walks along the waters edge from kits pool to the dog beach and he would navigate the route by climbing over & along logs and around the huge rocks. On a handful of occasions, during low tide, we actually made it all the way from Kits dog beach to Jericho Beach. MT was and still is an amazing special pug dog (even if I am bias).
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MT still ‘springs’ off his bed when I open the front door and fights his way between the puppies to make sure I can get to him first (which I always do 🥰). He comes looking for me when I havnt returned to the kitchen after a few minutes (😆) and still gets rambunctious (tail wagging, head nuzzling) when we get down on the floor and pretend play with him like we did 6 years ago.
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We love you Bubba,
Happy Birthday 🌟
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#happybirthday #sweetsixteen #pug #pugsofinstagram #pugs #furbaby #bestfriend
BERLIN MARATHON Part 2️⃣
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▫️🏅 Post Race
▫️🎥 Footage of how I walked the last 23km to the finish line (minus cape)
▫️📸 Race photos
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I stood in the starting coral area of the @berlinmarathon marathon on Sunday Sept 24th with 45,000 runners. As the announcer welcomed us and introduced the professional runners that would lead the way for all of us through the city of Berlin, I cried.
Tears ran down my face as I stood elevated on the sidewalk curb looking out at a sea of runners. In that moment, I was overwhelmed with emotion. I couldn’t believe I was there, with a sea of others. Countless differences between us, one uniting bond.
The power of running can often touch you so deeply it’s impossible to explain.
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From 0-10k I felt great. I was so grateful to be there pain free after how close I came to pulling out of the marathon (Ischial Bursitis - R side) 2 weeks out.
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At 16k the second toe on my left foot felt like it was jamming the inside of my shoe. I’ve never stopped in a race, but at 19k, I knew I needed to tighten my laces if I wanted to finish.
I knelt down, tightened my lace & got up.
Took one step, and nearly fell over in pain.
Tried again and it was worse.
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I was paralyzed with fear & blinded with my tears within seconds.
I tried walking and the pain on top my left foot made ea step to the ground agonizing.
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As thousands of runners flew passed me as I shuffled at a 14:00/km pace, I knew my race had taken a terrible turn.
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Warren was waiting for me at 27k so I focused on getting there.
Strangers yelled my name and each time I was brought to tears, sometimes in pity, others times in pride.
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Warren found me at the 30k mark and I had an immediate feeling of relief, a wave of comfort and security.
I told him that I was going to walk to the finish line. Being the most amazing human & husband that he is, told me that he wanted to do it with me.
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So that’s what I did.
I walked (hobbled) 23km to complete the Berlin Marathon.
Every kilometre after 30km gave me more confidence and strength despite my body aching and foot throbbing.
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I made it. 19km of running, 23km of walking. Total time: 6:23 minutes.
@berlinmarathon #berlinmarathon
BERLIN MARATHON Part 1️⃣
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▫️Starting gate entrance 👋🏼 @warrenkrinsky
▫️Night before #raceready
▫️9km Flying high with gratitude & a great pace 🎥 @runningintoyoga 🙏🏼
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These are happy memories 🫶🏼
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@berlinmarathon #berlinmarathon #marathon #running #runner
It’s race week in Berlin, Germany and I will be 1 of the 45,000+ runners privileged to run in the 2023 #berlinmarathon
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On Sunday I will stand at the start line with gratitude for my body and mind.
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3 weeks ago, after completing my final high mileage week and heading into my taper, an overuse injury flared up that had me off running until just this week. To say I was upset is an understatement (ask Warren 🙄🫣🫶🏼).
Sitting on the ‘side lines’ for 1.5 weeks reminded me that anything is possible in training for a marathon, both great and not so great. A week ago I wasn’t sure I’d be participating.
I’m fortunate to no longer be experiencing pain, but I am still cautious.
This race means a lot to me. I trained really hard to show up on Sunday as my speediest self.
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Yet, as fast as I hope to run, finishing with a smile & joyful tears means more than the #’s on the clock.
Marathon training can take you to the highest of highs, but also the lowest of lows (even just during a single run 😵💫 🎢).
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I am just SO HAPPY to say confidently that I will be racing 42km this Sunday.
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Reflecting back on the last 3 months amazed at the runs/workouts I completed (95% alone!). Cup is already so full!
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Highlights include: My longest run in 5 years, capping off my longest mileage week with 15k of trail running with @sarahhopemaecarter , pug cuddling therapy sessions after long run workouts with THREE pug-babies 🐶🐶🐶, & having my amazing husband join me by bike on my final long run workout (3x5k @ Marathon pace in a 34k run).
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And now, here in Berlin, I am reunited with the woman who had the most profound and lasting impact on me as an individual & runner, @runningintoyoga ever since meeting her in 2015 at one of @mile2marathon very first workouts with @dylanwykes & his $5 drop in fee collected by tin can.
It’s been 3 years since I’ve seen her. Her husband will be lacing up with me this Sunday while Kat cheers us on 🤰🏽🥹🥰
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My journey to the Berlin marathon continues getting sweeter.
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Thank you @coach.markycull@limitlessperformance for helping me prepare for this experience!
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ONWARD TO RACE DAY 🎉
#berlin #germany #marathon #running
Happy Anniversary Mai-Tai 💕
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2 weeks ago, Jan 7th 2008, 15 yrs ago, exactly.
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🙋🏼♀️ 21 years old, arriving in Thailand only 3 months before, on a one way ticket, with eyes wide open. Carefree and innocent (those days!).
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I fell in love with him the second I held him at Chatuchak Market in Greater Bangkok.
Until that very moment, I had never wanted a dog, and I definitely didn’t think much for pugs (writing this as I listen to THREE pugs snore).
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I’ve never been able to verbalize everything that Mai-Tai means and is to me and the more life we share together, the more tongue tied I get.
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Looking back through (very) old (low quality) photos recently and my heart aches with both sadness and happiness. Happiness because we share a decade and a half of memories together, yet sadness knowing that I’ll never see him run zoomies again. Truly, I don’t remember much of my life before Mai-Tai. It’s a very overwhelming thought.
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Having a senior dog is not easy. Now that I’ve had a taste of puppies again, I can honestly say that caring for a senior dog is actually harder than ‘raising’ a puppy. Puppies are robust. Seniors are fragile.
What makes Mai-Tai even more fragile to me is the that my love for him has been growing greater for 15 years.
My longest relationship EVER 🥰
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#gotchaday #anniversary #pug #rescuepug #pugs #pugsofinstagram #pugpuppy #thaidog #thailand #bangkok
