✨ My newest book, Because of You, is finally here. ✨
It’s a love letter to my soul dog, Deuce — the one who changed everything. Through poems and reflections over the past year, I wrote my way through the kind of grief that only exists when you’ve been loved so fully. But this book isn’t just about my loss — it’s for you, too.
If you’ve ever loved a dog deeply, if you’re grieving one now, or if you’re holding your breath knowing that goodbye is somewhere ahead... this book was made for you. To remind you that you’re not alone, and that love like this never truly leaves us.
🐾 Every penny from this book goes directly to The Good Boy Foundation, created in Deuce’s honor to help other dogs receive the same love and care he did.
📖 Tap the link in bio to get your copy.
Thank you for helping me share his story.
#BecauseOfYouBook #goodboyfoundation #grief #loss #mourning #griefjourney #griefsucks #petlosssupport #souldog #dogmom #LoveAndLoss #bestfriend #dog #dogs #dogsofinstagram #deucefranklin
Went back home this weekend to see my pawpaw and inject a little swamp into my veins to help with my grief and depression. Just to start my weekend off on a good note, I got laid off from job. Not just that, it was 2 weeks after I got a giant raise (and was continuously told how valuable, appreciated and vital I was) that I was still celebrating bc it was a new milestone in my career in the EV industry. NOT JUST THAT, I had just taken on 18 more construction projects AND they KNEW I was flying up to Sacramento that morning for a job and instead of telling me to cancel my trip or “postpone it”, they let me fly there (knowing good and damn well it’s hard for me to fly with my back recovery) and THEN had the 3 minute call to tell me I was valued and appreciated, but laid off due to “restructuring”. NOT ONLY THAT, but then not a few hours later they posted their “biggest revenue” celebration post on LinkedIn. Didn’t make me feel very valued. 🧐
Anywho, I got my bayou time. I got my swamp critters time. I got my seafood and time with family (after having a sort of seemingly productive conversation about their support of MAGA). Back in Los Angeles and looking for a new job. Not great to be jobless in the most expensive time to exist in history.
#neworleans #swamp #cajun #louisiana #home
Apparently today is National Per Day, which is wonderful. But I don’t like the word “pet”, never have - never will. To me, Deuce & Dixon were my kids, my babies, my best friends. My heart and soul. Their friends (who made Deuce’s life so full of joy) and the animals that have been a big part of my life are my friends. So here’s to all my animal friends who have brought me joy, helped me survive my grief (I’m looking at you, kittens) and made me feel so very loved. I love y’all so much.
💜 Saki, Santo, Stella, Hank, Horace, Rio, Freya, Banksy, Buddy, Lulu, Maverick, Miss Berry, Willy, Aya, Chase, Max, Monty, Hardy (Miles), Biscuits, Sashimi, Clover, Hewy, Tokio, Marie, Mowgli, Yuna 💜
#nationalpetday #friends #deuceanddixon #catsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram
My beautiful, perfect little Dixon. My little Jazz Man. Our tiny bestie. I’m so thankful I got to be your mom and Deuce got to be your big brother for so many years. You were the sweetest, snuggliest, spiciest, smartest and most clever little guy. I think of you every single day and I miss both of you so terribly. #nationalratday #deuceanddixon #rat #ratsofinstagram #deuceanddixonvideo
Today marks 2 years without my best friend, my soul dog, my good boy Deuce Franklin. It’s been the most excruciatingly painful 2 years of my life - just trying my best to make it through the normal routines and not sob 24/7.
You see the smiles, the jokes, the functioning person, but behind that mask is me trying to swallow the lump in my throat so I don’t start sobbing, feeling so lost and trying not to panic, trying to manage the heartache however I can to make it from one minute to the next.
It hasn’t gotten any easier, but I try my best to find ways to honor him. Turning my grief into action helps. I started @good.boy.foundation and I work hard to help educate pet parents, I do everything I can to support rescuing, fostering and adoption. I work hard to fundraise so I can help families facing cancer with their dog afford what they need. I want to help people have what I had with my good boy and keep his legacy going.
I’m so full of gratitude for the people who continue to love him, his amazing doctors Dr. Storm (who saved his life once) & Dr. Dunn who gave him the absolute best care possible for the last 5 years of his life. I’m thankful for his pack (The Mispits - Banksy, Stella, Aya, Flora & Willy), his girlfriend Saki Marie, and all his neighborhood friends who made him SO very happy every single day.
I love you so much, my good boy. You were, and still are, the light of my life and my very best friend. Thank you for choosing me as your mom and making me who I am today. 💜
#deucefranklin #grief #souldog #bestfriend #petloss
It’s been a rough few months and I needed some nature today to help my nervous system. Went down to Rancho Palos Verdes this morning to sit and watch the ocean and all the lil critters. I was surrounded by little birds, hawks (which I love so much), lil gophers and lizards. The sounds and smells of the ocean are so peaceful and calming, especially when I’m as overwhelmed with grief as I am right now. Part of Deuce & Dixon’s ashes are in the Pacific Ocean so me spending time by the water is helpful when I’m missing them so much.
Tomorrow marks 2 years since I had to say goodbye to Deuce and it hasn’t gotten any easier. Every morning I wake up and still reach for him. I don’t know how I’m supposed to go the rest of my life without him. It just feels so impossible.
Please give your lil critter a hug and a kiss on the head for me, and an extra treat too. 💜
#grief #beach #ranchopalosverdes #mentalhealth #petloss
Protested in beautiful Santa Monica today and man was it a beautiful day to peacefully protest against Cheeto Dust Shitler and his band of fascist losers. No Kings Day 03/28/26 was a massive success all over the country (and even in other countries) and I’m so proud to be part of it. 💜
#nokings #nokingsprotest #protest #protestsigns #antifa
These *perfect* puppies all need a home! You can meet them at @agwcrockinrescue ! It was so hard to leave them, I wanted to be in the puppy swarm forever and ever. 🥹
#goodboyfoundation #agwcrockinrescue #adoptdontshop #puppies #dogsoflosangeles
Made some new protest signs the other day, figured I’d share them. If you’d like a PDF copy to print to use at a protest, message me and I’ll send it over.
#protest #antifacism #signs #nokings
Every morning, my heart breaks first. Before the light. Before I’m even fully awake - there’s this split second where the world still feels right. And then I remember. Deuce is gone. This Easter makes 2 years without him and it hurts just as much as the day I said goodbye.
He wasn’t just my dog. He was the thing that made everything make sense- my constant, my anchor, the presence that made every thing ok. For nearly 17 years, he was just there. And now there is this shape in my life that nothing fills, and most days I am so impossibly lost inside it that I feel like I’m drowning.
Grief is quiet and man, grief is lonely. There is no one in this world who loved him the way I loved him, and no one who feels his absence the way I do. That is the loneliest part and impossible to explain. There are still days I can’t believe he’s really gone. Like my heart just refuses to learn it. Like somewhere in the world, he still exists and I just can’t find him yet.
It breaks my fucking heart every single day.
I love you, my good boy. I miss you so much. 💜
#deucefranklin #dogsofinstagram #souldog #grief #bestfriend
I feel a kind of complete exhaustion that sits *deep* in my bones from watching all of this cruelty rewarded and corruption go completely unpunished - highly celebrated, in fact. Every day brings another outrage, another brazen lie, another attack on someone’s humanity that somehow becomes “normal” by the next morning because we don’t have the time or metal bandwidth to handle the new hell we wake up to. The monsters responsible face ZERO accountability while the damage grows larger and more & more permanent. It feels like the ground underneath everything we were taught to believe in as children was blown out from underneath us and we’re just balancing on whatever strings of humanity we’re collectively able to pull together. And the weight of it all of this is something I’m not sure how to carry anymore. I’m fucking exhausted from nothing changing. No one in power doing a god damned thing.
I’m gonna keep screaming at the top of my lungs, but for fucks sake can we please get a fucking glimmer of hope, please? 🤬😭
#politics #fuckmaga #fucktrump #activism #protest
