Piti and I: The Perfect Childhood

Kids are always happy when they have someone to play with other than human friends. A pet is always important in a kid’s life. Pets bring joy, love and friendship to our lives. Piti brought all of those aspects to mine. When I was born my parents decided to bring a pet to our house. Piti was a female salchicha. I named her that way because that’s all I could say when I was a baby. My parents try to give her another name but I refused to call her something else. Piti and I would play all day long together. She was amazing. Also she was beautiful and so energetic. We would always go for a walk and sleep together too. I would share my bed with Piti. I was the happiest kid because Piti was by my side.

When I was feeling young, Piti was getting old. I started playing with toys instead of playing with Piti. I remember once when Piti took one of my favorite toys and made me chase her. I was extremely mad at her that I even kicked her. I was a little kid, so I felt terribly bad for kicking on Piti. I hugged her and told her she was my girl. Is amazing how something so little on Earth can make you feel safe and complete. Piti was amazing. I will never get tired of telling how amazing she was. I also remember feeling sad whenever I went on a trip and she had to stay alone at my house. I couldn’t stand the fact that she was left alone. But I would make it up to her with games. Her favorite game was chasing me. I can still get the feeling of nervousness she made me feel when playing that.

I accept the fact that everyone has to die at some point in life. I just can’t accept the fact that Piti had to leave soon. I was exactly nine years old when Piti died. She was old and tired. She couldn’t play the chasing game with me anymore. Even though my parents told me everything was going to be fine, I knew nothing was right. One day when I came from school all happy to hug Piti, she was not there. I started crying because I knew what had happened. My mom told me that Piti was ready to leave and have a better life in heaven and also that she left a message for me before she left. The message was that she wanted me to be a good kid, to do all my homework and to always remember her. I cried more when my mother told me that. After her death I didn’t want to accept any other pet but I had my brother and a baby brother coming soon and they needed a pet to play with too.

My parents then brought a new dog to our house. I have to admit that I love this new pet, but it will never ever replace Piti. Piti was present in an important stage of my life. I have to be very grateful to Piti for making my days blue when they were gray. I can say that I’m a witness of how animals can bring joy to one’s life. Kids need someone to count on and the perfect someone are pets. I’m grateful to my parents for bringing Piti to my childhood. She is an always will be the best pet I could’ve ever asked for. Pets doesn’t care if you are rich, good looking, thin, fat, tall, short or even with mental illnesses; they will love you no matter what. If you treat them well you can feel them loving you back. When I get kids I’ll bring to their lives a pet because I want them to have the same experience I had. I think that pets can make a big change in your life. They influence in a positive way if you let them love you. All they need is your love and respect. So today I’m bringing back the best memory I have from my childhood. Piti is in my mind, but most of all in my heart. Somewhere she will never disappear.

Normal or Abnormal?

People are used to have normal friends. Friends that love going to parties and do random stuffs. Michael was just like these people. He considered himself a normal teen. He went to school at mornings and then did his homework at night. So there was no problem at all. One day he went to the beach with some of his best friends. But as usual, people from other places would come to where they were staying and make new friends. That Saturday afternoon Michael met Tom. Thomas was this idea of typical teenager but at the same time was not normal. At least that’s what Michael had as a first impression of Tom.

He felt curious about getting to know Thomas. Something told him to go around Thomas and try to make a friendship with him.  Michael could not understand that sensation. But anyways, he went and introduced himself to Thomas. Thomas was kind, polite, party guy. In other words he was normal. But the catch came when everyone would take a shot to toast and he didn’t.  And none of the other guys insisted Thomas to drink that shot. The other catch was when they were getting dinner and Thomas randomly cross himself and the only one who thought strange about that was Michael. Michael was really confused and wanted to know more about Thomas and somehow find out how he was a normal teen but at the same time not normal.

Michael was really curious so he asked to one of his closest friends about those weir moves that Thomas did earlier. The response he got was that Thomas is a catholic boy. That’s all he got. Deep inside Michael’s heart, he has always felt empty, like something really important was missing. After the trip to the beach, Michael sent a friend request on Facebook to Thomas and Thomas accepted it.  Facebook was where their friendship began and finally Michael dared to ask Thomas about all those things that he considered strange. Thomas briefly explained that he attended to a church and he was serving the community. Thomas invited Michael to join him one day and a service and see if he liked it.

Michael never felt sure about that invitation but Thomas never quitted insisting Michael to go. So one day Michael decided to go. When he arrived he was really nervous. He didn’t know what to expect and besides he believed he was going to be a stranger among all. When he finally entered the church he saw Thomas and Thomas saw him. So Thomas as the polite boy that Michael knew got close to him and found him a seat. Michael found out that there were other of his friends going to that church too, that made Michael feel comfortable. After the whole service, Michael had new thoughts about life and about Thomas. He thought that he could have a good life being just like Thomas was. Thomas was a good man, someone with strong values and thoughts and still can be cool. Michael loved that idea.

Thomas talked with Michael about all that and told him that if he was going to be attending he should really commit himself to that because that was not a game. So Michael returned to his house and couldn’t stop thinking about that guy Thomas. He really liked the life he was having and he wanted to live that way too. Michael was concern about that missing part in his life and liked the idea about God being he missing piece. Michael always thanks Thomas for giving him that opportunity and showing him a new meaning of life. Even though that was not a long time ago, it already made a difference in Michael’s life.  Michael has been inviting new people to attend the church and they have attended. Thomas was a miracle for Michael and Michael wants to be a miracle in the people he is inviting to attend the church. He never thought something amazing like that could happen to him. Thomas has become a really important person in Michael’s life and Michael will never get tired of thinking about that. He made two amazing friends, Thomas and God.

Rainy Muddy Day

Rainy days can always make you relax, feel safe, can make you get into your own world. For Carl that was his passion. He would always take advantage of rainy days to get into his own world. He would also make decisions or analyze everything in a stormy rainy day. Carl didn’t feel like that at all that day. He had plans; Carl wanted to go to a party and impress a beautiful girl, but this time weather turned into his enemy.

Not only for him but for the whole population in Guatemala City that day turned into a mess. Rain is supposed to be just water, and this time was a mixture of water and sand. The whole city was a covered with mud. Carl was trapped. He missed the party; he missed a chance to conquer a girl; also he lost inspiration for rainy days. Carl was so disappointed that all he could think of was going to sleep. But before going to sleep, he felt like a girl because he was confused how that day could make him feel so terrible and that’s when he marked that day in his heart forever.

Carl couldn’t understand why a perfect plan can be ruined in just a second. The reason why he missed all that was because it was so dangerous to be on the streets when those were covered with mud. So finally Carl prepared himself for going to bed and fell asleep. When he woke up he had dreamed that he went to the party and conquered that girl. Carl based on that dream of that rainy muddy day, made dreams his new inspiration.  That day he won’t forget brought to him something new. Carl thought about how weird it is that something like water can take you somewhere else. The sound of the rain is just like the sound of the waves in a romantic night at the beach, where everything that matters is actually nothing.

Right now Carl looks back and doesn’t regret going to sleep early that night rather than taking advantage of the rain as he usually did. That dream showed him a new world and what he liked about that dream the most was that it was a rainy dream. He believes that even though dreams are now his inspiration, rain will always be his aspiration. Carl knows that he is not alone. Whenever it used to rain, he knew there were millions of people feeling the same and he considered that a way of connecting with the world. 

Carl wanted to have fun that day. But he is young. He has so many other chances of going to party, but the thing is that he didn’t expected that day to be like that. Carl didn’t expect to feel so bad with something that made him feel so great. He was going to Manuel’s house before going to the party, then they were both going to pick up Freddy and finally they’d be arriving at the hotel. Carl also has selected a nice outfit for that night that he was sure he was going to impress the girl of his dreams, Ana. Ana goes to the same school as he is only he is older.

After all, he concluded that one good thing about this was that he missed school for a couple of days. The entire school was closed for a couple of days because it needed to be cleaned up, also the whole city needed to be cleaned up. When he went back to school he had the chance to meet with Ana. They never got to date each other though, but in these days they are really good friends and Carl is dating someone else, whom he calls now “the girl of his dreams”. Ana gives him advices and helps him do cute things for Melanie. That day actually made a change in his life. He got to date someone who Carl considers is way better and he is now living the life he wants and that was all because of a rainy muddy day. Carl cannot remember the exact date of that day. Every time that rains now all he can think of is going to sleep instead of appreciating the rain because he found that dreams are his new inspiration of life.