How a little wounded and dirty fluffy creature healed my wounds.

I'm a type of person who always keep everything to myself, even from my closest friends. Most people don't really know about my past and I always like it that way. I was introduced to steemit by a group of very supportive people.

In primary school I was always the joker and the clown in school, cheering up people, as I grew up I went through quite a lot, eventually in high school I was totally a different person. I skipped school a lot and lost most of my friends. It came to the extent I dropped all post that I held in school. I was totally looked down at even by my own friends.

I lost my mom when I was 8, one month after my father was discharged from the hospital, the same year my father was medically boarded and was told by his doctors that he can never walk again. My father never made me feel the loss of a mother, he was always there and made sure I had everything, one of the most strong willed and determined person I ever met.

When I was 12 my dad started walking again to the amazement of all his doctors, in 2001 he married my late moms younger sister. Two years later he passed away, and that was the turning point in my life. I was 16 and orphaned.

I have no right to complain about my life as I had a much better life than many orphaned children, thanks to my stepmom who was and is always by my side. However I did not realise that I was going into depression, skipping school, always locking myself in my room. No one realised it except one aunty who is the wife of my late father's friend.

She introduced to me her rabbits, and asked to look after the sick ones, some were having very bad flu and infection in wounds, from the moment i started to care for them and nurse them, I felt really big changes in me. I felt really happy being with them, always looking forward to go home to see them. Always making sure their cage was clean, it gave me a positive vibe. I started to be Cheerful again although not fully yet.

Now 10 years working with cats and rabbits I have never felt better. The power of animal healing is truely amazing. Animals never ask for something that is beyond our limits or for something too much. They just want a warm loving home and some foods and of course someone they can curl up with.

Imagine coming home everyday to free cuddles and knowing someone is waiting for you at home. The feeling is just great.

I have over 75 cats and 3 dogs now, this is the kind of love you never get tired of and you know your pet will never stop loving or get tired of loving you too.

All the proceeds from my writings will go for the stray cats that I rescued and rescue.

JD