Snoozer

Lolusia passed away on November 21, 2022. Next day as I was scrolling social media, I came across Tortellini’a profile. “Estimated age - 8 years old, Yorkshire terrier mix, puppy mill rescue, recently gave birth to a litter of puppies. Shows signs of abuse and neglect.”

I scheduled to meet Tortellini on November 23, 2022. What I saw broke my heart. I saw a sweet, gentle and such beautiful soul. She was so scared to meet me, she urinated multiple times as I tried to get close to her. I thought “I need to take her out of here. She won’t make it.”

On November 25th, 2022 with adoption application, references from everyone, their mother and all my vets, adoption fee in hand, and a brand new leash - I drove to Northbrook. Her application had a name change - Bombonica.

In Romanian, Bombonica is a diminutive and affectionate term for a person, meaning “little candy” or “sweetie.” It is used as a term of endearment, similar to “baby cakes” or “candy cane” in English, and is derived from the Romanian word for candy, bombonică.

It’s been three years since she and I ventured on this adventure. She is not house trained, she is extremely skittish. She doesn’t come for pets like every dog I know. She doesn’t climb to share my bed with me. She doesn’t run to me for comfort. Bombonica’s body still shows signs of extreme neglect and her soul carries scars that show you just how much humans bent her spirit.

See, her spirit and soul are not broken. Hard things break. Soft things bend. And Bombonica, as a her name suggests, is the sweetest, most kind and most gentle doggo you will ever meet.

She recently found her voice and you can find her barking up a storm at most random times. Sometimes at 02:00 in the morning, but I’ll take it. She may not run to me for comfort, she may not climb onto my bed, but she climb into my heart three years ago and there is no power in this universe that can ever remove this sweet girl from there.

Three trips around the sun with this jellybean can be converted to-
•94,694,400 seconds
•1,578,240 minutes
•26,304 hours
•1096 days
•156 weeks and 4 days
•36 months
•3 years

Happy gotcha day, my sweet girl! ❤️❤️