At one point in time, we were all the face of innocence and then we grew up and became aware of the way the world can work. As twisted as it can be, there are things to sooth the waves of life. Personally, I have tried it all. From medication, to organic aromatherapy, to seeing a psychologist, I had tried it all––or so I thought.

When I lost all hope in ever being able to fit in this world, I turned back to my psychologist. As therapy can be awkward at times, I never have had an idea as crazy as this one to help ease my stress: a therapy animal, in which I would take care of, love, and work with as much as I work on myself; the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Getting this therapy animal has been the greatest experience I have ever been through. It's not just a pet, it's a living thing with a heart that beats, and to put us two very different creatures together to live as one was a radical thought to me. I was out of options, and out of time. Scrambling to get ready and calling all around to find out exactly how this process works was the most difficult thing about adopting a therapy animal. Turns out that any animal can be a therapy animal, as long as it is registered. That's how Bowie and I came to be.

Driving down the highway on a brisk April day, nervously pondering if this was the right thing to do or not, I figured that I only have one life and I may as well live it to the best of my ability. Arriving in the smallest town I have ever seen, there was an animal shelter straight off the highway.

Meeting Bowie was like meeting your petmate, or as others call it, soulmate. I felt the vibe that Bowie was giving me: he was scared but determined to get out of the shelter he was in. Kind of ironic, since I was there to escape my own shelter of depression, so I guess we were both in the same boat. As I scooped him in my arms, he leaned his head on my shoulder and clicked his teeth together, a sign of happiness in rabbits. He was ready for a new home, forever.

Taking in Bowie the bunny has changed my life in the most dramatic ways. I have never thought such an innocent creature could have so much spunk as to love one more than he loves himself. Three days later, I am already happier than I have ever felt in my entire life.

Bowie, I thank you for your innocence and knowledge and how you can go from being dumped and down, to a different person. I never knew what it was like to be loved in the way animals can love until I scooped you up into my life.