My name is Marissa Ray-Reyes I am a big dreamer I dream of becoming a famous singer/actress someday, I love to sing and act this is my story and I want to share it with all of you, I grew up in a small town in Ohio, I was born and raised there, graduated from high school, loves animals especially dogs and one day when I was 17 years old something changed my life forever emotionally and physically, I had gotten sick at first I thought it was just the flu or a cold I didn't think anything of it, I didn't know that this would change my life forever, so I had went to the Dr and they told me that I had a rare auto immune disorder, at that time I didn't know what it meant and I had missed school a lot cause i was sick and later I found out I have cough variant asthma, it changed me physically and emotionally, I get sick easily and can't be around people that are sick and I remember that I couldn't sleep at all cause of coughing so much and when that happened I broke my ribs and they healed wrong, I didn't know why this was happening to me, I had so many thoughts in my head, and here I am thinking why me I didn't deserve this, then I thought about the other people in the world who have it worse then me, so the Dr couldn't figure out what was wrong with me they did all kinds of test and gave me all kinds of Medican and as I got older it became harder for me to understand why this was all happening and it changed my way of this too, since I had gotten sick I couldn't go out and do things I like, even now I still can't do much without having to worry about weather or not I will get sick and, it gets me angry sometimes and I get really upset.

When I was 8years old my mom had gotten me a dog, she was the most perfect dog I could ever ask for, she was white brown and black, and at first when I got her the person who was giving her away, said she was the quiet one and her original name was Rosi, but I changed it to Haley and that day I got a best friend, she was part Sheltie and part lab and she became my best friend and we did everything together, Haley was always there whenever I needed her, she was so soft and fluffy and always knew how to make me feel better, she was there whenever I got sick or when I had surgery, she would always be by my side and lay beside me and cuddle with me in bed, then one day I noticed she had a bump on her side so we took her to the vet and he said that she had cancer, right then I knew that I had to be there for her this time and that she needed me like when I needed her and she had surgery and was ok for a while but then one day she got sick so we took her to the vet again and I knew that this was the last time I see my best friend, the next day I got the news that she had passed away my world fell apart, I lost my best friend the one who was always there for me whenever I needed her and I know that she will always be in my heart forever and always