What are you passionate about?

Other than fitness and eating well, what drives you? What shapes you into the person that you are? Any particular moment that defines why you do what you do?

For me, it's animal rescue. I've been doing animal rescue for years, probably since I came out of the womb. My mom rescued animals, mostly cats, and I followed in her footsteps.

I cannot count the amount of animal I've rescued. It's one of the most rewarding things I've ever done. Both of my dogs are rescues (my dachshund, a stray I found in the bushes and my mix breed, a special needs dog who I saved from being put down).

Over the years, I've experienced just about anything you can imagine in terms of abuse and neglect. But nothing compares to that of Chevy. Chevy was a dachshund that I rescued from the Broward County shelter back in October while volunteering for Dachshund Rescue South Florida. He had a disease that left him paralyzed and hindered the use of his back legs and bodily functions. I cared for him for 2 days before his succumbed to his illness and we had to put him down. While it was one of the toughest things I've ever had to do, it made me grow as a human being and an animal rescuer.


Now, your turn Hopefully we can find people with our same passions to add to MFPals and can encourage each other with our fitness passion!