This is No Ordinary Love – 6 years Together

Sometimes you just walk out of your house and your life changes forever. That’s what happened on May 10th, 2017 when I met Lucky on the street in Puerto Rico. From that moment on, I coudln’t remember my life before him.

It was a ordinary Wednesday evening on May 10th, 2017 in Puerto Rico. I was feeling kind of restless and hungy. So, I went to a local eatery for a sandwich. As I was eating I started gazing out the window very spaced out and preoccupied. I felt agitated and unsettled. I started realizing that I wanted out from the life that I was living at home. Then, I noticed this sweet boy in the picture with me living alone on the street.

I decided to buy him some food and sit down with him. I was so enamored with him that my head was spinning. Meeting this boy was a life changing experience for me. I pulled him off the street and had him boarded in a very fun place for 5 weeks. Every Saturday and Sunday I would go visit him. I started to realize that him and I are forever. So, I took him home and named him Lucky.

The truth is, the world wasn’t big enough for us to not find each other. This had to happen.

In September of 2017 Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico. As many of you might remember, I launched the “Lucky In Love Relief Fund for Stray Animals in Puerto Rico.” We raised $7,000 and bridged a fair amount of stray animals back to life.

When Patrick was killed in August of 2018, Lucky would press his head into my chest several times a day. He knew that’s where the pain was. He did the same when Sammy died on January 30th, 2020.

I’m so in love with Lucky that I coined the phrase and created a t-shirt that says “I Love My Dog Like A Crazy Potato.” And on the back of the t-shirt, it says “Love Doesn’t Have To Make Sense.

Six years ago I told the world “This is No Ordinary Love.” That still holds true today in 2023. I will always be lucky in love with Lucky.

That’s our story for tonight.