Personal Narrative: I Am Ruby

My identity can be defined by moments in my life. Moving to Canada, learning English and going to high school are three major moments in my life. Going through these experiences have changed the person in me and made me more confident, stronger, better in everything.

On my 17th birthday, I walked into my bedroom to see a snow white puppy with brown spots. He was in the middle of the floor laying on a furry, green pet pillow. A 4 month old pekingese that I named Baizil. He was afraid at first and only came out of the room for food, and to use the bathroom. Baizil was the sweetest ,laziest, most overprotective dog I had ever seen.

We called him Tank. He was just sent to the Fort Myers ASPCA from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was alone and homeless after the Hurricane Katrina destroyed his hope for a future. It was fate that he was meant to be with our family. Seeing all of the good that was done to get my new puppy a forever home struck a place in my heart and made me appreciate all of the awesome work that this organization has done, not only for my dog, Tank, but also for the millions of other animals desperate for a better future. This is why I chose to feature the ASPCA and the many things that they do to make a difference in our world

I am Briana Roper, I am seventeen years old, I was born on October 18, 1997 in Washington North Carolina. now I live in Greenville North Carolina. I live with my mother and step father plus my six brothers. My step dad is a truck driver, my mom works at Asmo, my little brothers go to North West Elementary. I am the only daughter that my mother has and the only granddaughter plus the first born out of all the kids in my family. I do not know my real father, I never met him. I go to North Pitt High School, class of 2016.

I got my very first animal in September of 2009. It was a dog and we named him Buddy. I walking into shelter trying to find the right dog to bring home. I was so excited to get my first dog! Thinking which one is going to be the one. When we walked in all we could here was barking. Walking by cages of cute puppies, then we found just the right one, Buddy!

Four years ago I finally got the dog I’ve always wanted. We got her at the Oshkosh Humane Society. There were two other families that wanted her,but they picked us to adopt her!

That night my parents forgot her outside in the backyard. But I remembered her. I went downstairs, let her in, and gave her some leftover turkey from earlier that night. We both went upstairs and with her literally on top of me, keeping me warm, her slicked back fur and a smile on her little puppy-dog face, we fell asleep, bringing the most perfect day to an

About two years ago my sister had taken in a dog named Morgan. At first I didn’t exactly agree with this because she already had a dog that she hardly took care of. When my sister brought Morgan home she was about two months old. I could still hold her in on had. And as I spent more time with her, she became my baby.

Hi, I’m Little Redhead, the effort hasn’t gone well since, they started trying to make super animals, to help the U.S. in combat. They started on bunnies, they seemed fine at first. They were 10x faster than than normal bunnies, and would record conversations and report back. What they didn’t know was that was they would develop a taste for humans after a time. So instead of bringing back messages from the enemy they brought back parts of them. Most people were either forced into hiding. The unlucky ones will never be seen again.

I am Ripply, the people call me a goat, but they are wrong. I am a dog, I am for sure a dog. I am the third biggest animal here and the two horses are the biggest, Sweetness and Lexi. I was just starting to miss Daisy's bark and was a little sad that day. I was laying on my ramp, the ramp is like my only safe haven. And the man's big machine pulled up after two whole days away. The machine smelt funky so I got off of my ramp and followed the machine. The man's son hopped out first and said “Scoot back Ripply!” so I moved away from the door. The man was leaning into the back of the seat and started talking. His door flew open and a huge animal tried jumping out, I ba’ad and took off towards my ramp. The other dogs were surrounding the new animal blocking my view to see was it was, the people led the animal into the house and I didn’t hear anything about it until next morning.

Throughout schooling, Ive had one authentic best friend, Rose, since middle school. Rose was like a bra, always there for support through the typical teenage drama to the enamoring of boys. We've crossed many paths including graduating together, but at some point in time one must go their own way,so we did. The internal change was beneficial as well as perturbing. I moved to Carrollton because my mom got a job at Tanner Hospital, which meant changing schools. Central was a bit different, I wasn't quite use to the rural setting yet, Rose was an individual that made me feel more at ease.It was an opening for trust, anticipated secrets, scoop of the school, and undiscovered journeys. Rose and I were about to become the Bonnie and Clyde of Central

It all started on crisp morning, the day my parents told us that we were getting a dog. We asked “What kind of dog we were getting?” They said “The dog was going to be a Golden Retriever”. Everyone was excited about the dog. Then we all had to “puppy proof” our house just in case she would get into anything. We had to make sure that we had all the necessities for the dog.

Me and my cousin Roxanne were close. She lived in the country, so my sisters and I would go to her house every Thanksgiving and play in the small woods that she had in her backyard. So many wonderful memories that I will never forget. Growing up, we would share each other’s secrets and promise each other not tell anyone. We would tell each other what was bothering us in our families, how we feel, the guys we dated, and the guys that broke our hearts. Over the years my sisters, me and Roxanne kept ourselves busy with school, church and our jobs. We grew apart and stopped talking to Roxanne less because of how busy we were. Sometimes we would not have thanksgiving at Roxanne’s house and have Thanksgiving at my grandmother’s house. The last time we were all united, we noticed Roxanne had changed

It was a beautiful September afternoon. School had just gotten out when I received a text from Ruby.

When we got our dog it was in the summer time 2017 he was about seven months it was kind of a surprise. Our dog was a rescue we saved him from an abandoned home. When we first got him, he didn't want to come in so my father carried him in. He was very skinny when we got him and hungry so we gave him food and he ate it fast. When he would go outside, he would never go inside because he was scared. He would pee in the house, but eventually he stopped and he started coming in the house on his own to. We were going to find a new home for him, but then we kept him :). We were all so happy. I hope we never give him away.