There might be people that don’t like animals as much as I do, I used to not be as passionate about animals but I am now, and I have a really crazy experience.

We all have terrible days every once in awhile. I used to have a bad day everyday, I just wasn’t feeling good at all. I used to go crying to my room every time after school, I just felt useless, like if I wasn’t good enough for anything, but that day, March 20, 2014, my birthday, my 16th birthday, my parents decided that it was a good idea to give me a dog, a Golden Retriever to be more specific a really beautiful Golden Retriever, but instead of being happy about it I was mad, I started to yell at them, for no reason, I just wanted to scream at them for giving me something I didn’t deserved, something that is as beautiful when you have it in front of you as if you see it in a magazine.

After that tantrum I felt depressed, I was diagnosed with depression 5 years ago and never took my pills even though I told my mom I did, and I acted as if I was happy all the time around her, but that day was awful.

I remember I was laying on the floor of my room crying and felt something licking my forehead, I realized it was the dog, who I named Roco, for some reason I started to feel calm in my head. I was feeling relieved, as if for the first time in years I was good enough for something, for someone, whenever I tell the story no one believed me, they say dogs can’t change the way you feel but they do, they can help you get through a lot, since that day I’ve felt different, that doesn’t mean that you’re never going to feel stressed or angry or however you used to feel because you definitely are gonna feel that way again. A good company definitely helps you.