Sam Ortiz > Recent Status Updates

That’s the magic of dogs: the simple unrelenting magic is that they don’t have to try. They heal just by existing, reminding us to live every moment to the fullest.

“It’s hard not to believe in fate, or magic, or angels, or some sort of intangible higher power when, for some inexplicable reason, a dog chooses you. It’s perhaps the purest sense of love a person can experience, the spectacular mystery of being chosen”

The normalization of diet culture gives me pause on whether or not to continue reading. When Alix is having a crisis it’s the fact that she’s gained weight that makes her friends finally pay attention and say “consider this an intervention”? Diet culture surrounds us in every aspect of life and I’m not sure I can stomach any more of it