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It is with an incredibly heavy heart that I have to announce the retirement of my service dog following her cancer diagnosis. She has stood beside me through paralysis, rehabilitation, advocacy, and some of the hardest years of my life. If you are able to help support funding for my new dog to be trained during this difficult transition ahead, please consider donating. Even reposting this means more than you know. @thevivafrei @LichTamara @MaryBowdenMD givesendgo.com/help-kayla-pay…

Four years ago on Family Day, I went for a hike with my boyfriend and my dog. It was normal. It was simple. It was happy. That night I went to bed early to rest up for work. Instead, I woke up paralyzed from the neck down. No accident. No warning. No countdown. Just sleep. And then a body that would not move. I did not know that hike would be the last time I would ever walk. The last time I would stand on my own feet. The last time I would feel snow crunch beneath me. The last time I would not have to think about how to get from a bed to a chair. One ordinary day. That is all it takes. We all think tragedy announces itself. It doesn’t. Sometimes it waits for you to close your eyes. If you walked today, if you stood up without thinking, if you hugged someone at eye level, understand something. You are living in someone else’s before. Life can split in a single night. Four years later, I am still here. But I will never forget my last walk. Repost this if you needed the reminder that nothing in this life is guaranteed. Hold your people close tonight.