A Jacket, A Dog, A Bond

A six year old boy found a stray dog shivering behind a dumpster on the coldest night of

winter. Instead of walking past like everyone else, he took off his

own jacket and wrapped it around the trembling animal. The dog looked up at him with eyes

full of trust. That simple act of kindness created an unbreakable bond. The boy convinced

his parents to adopt the dog, and they became inseparable. Every morning,

the dog would wait by the boy's bed to wake him up. Every afternoon, they'd play in the

backyard until sunset. Years passed, and when the boy grew into a teenager facing his toughest

moments, that same dog never left his side. The dog sensed when he was sad and would