Some furparents would spoil their dogs or cats with food, fancy clothes, or lots of toys all in the name of love. For non-furparents, this sounds a bit too much because they believe that pets are just pets. Nothing more! So when I told my friends about quitting my job in 2019 to be with Kiah, they laughed and couldn't believe it.

You might think this is a joke, but no! I really did quit my job as a Transaction Processor in one of the BPO companies in Cebu City in January 2019 just for her. Before you start judging me, here's a not-so-brief story about it.

I bought Kiah on the 14th of February 2014 as Valentine's gift to myself. She was only 3 months old and was still very tiny but already super fluffy baby. By the way, she's a mix of a Shih Tzu and Maltese. At that time, we lived with my sister until Kiah turned 2.

Unfortunately, my sister and I had some personal issues, which made me leave to find another place to stay. This was the beginning of my struggles as a furmom, living in a city with a furbaby alone. Mostly, apartments and boarding houses in the city don't allow pets inside. Because of that, I had to look from one apartment to another to find the right place we could call home.

We then found one, but eventually, I had to move again, and finding the right place for her wasn't easy. I then had no choice but to send her to my mom for her own safety. Eventually, I moved to another apartment that allowed dogs, and that was the time I got to take her back to live with me.

The problem was, Kiah wouldn't pee or poop inside while I was gone for work. She was probably scared that I might get mad. I even bought her the potty trainer, so she could do her business while I was gone but to no avail. For this reason, I had no choice but to send her back to my mom as I didn't want her to get sick.

Since my hometown is far from the city as it requires traveling by sea, I don't get to see her very often. So whenever I get a chance to file a few days off, I would grab this opportunity to see her and my family. It was great to see her but going back to the city had always been a heartbreaking experience for me.

Whenever she saw me dressed at 5 am with my backpack, she knew that it was time for me to leave. She would start to cling to me and wouldn't want to leave my side. I could feel her sadness about my departure. Usually, I would ask my mom to send her to my sister-in-law, who lived next door, so she won't see me leave.

This situation had been going on for quite some time until January 2019. I was preparing to leave, and as usual, she would cling to me, wanted to come with me, and didn't want me to leave her. I would then ask mom to send her to my sister-in-law so I could go without seeing her barking. For some reason, she managed to escape and ran as fast as she could to see me.

At that moment, I was already outside the gate but saw her barking so hard. My heart shattered into a million pieces upon seeing her like that. I couldn't help but cry my heart out as I saw her begging me to take her with me. At that moment, I knew what I wanted to do to prevent that from happening again.

Before I left, I told my mom that I would submit my resignation letter as soon as I got back to work. Then I left. I was crying when I reached the ticketing booth and was still teary-eyed even when I arrived in the city.

The next morning, I prepared my resignation letter and submitted it the following day. Unfortunately, I had to render 30 days before they would sign my clearance. If it wasn't due to the company policy, I could have just handed my manager my resignation letter and gone home the following day.

In February 2019, after I did all the paperwork, I bid goodbye to my friends/colleagues and happily went home to see Kiah.

Some people wouldn't understand why I quit my job. For them, she's just a dog, but she's more than just a dog for me. Quitting my job is probably the best decision I've made by far. If I hadn't quit my job yet, I'd be stuck in that office doing the same thing under a company that enslaves us by demanding too much work but lesser pay.

After I quit my job, I applied as a ghostwriter until I ended up writing for a living. I also learned about crypto through crypto-blogging platforms like read.cash and publish0x, micro-blogging site like noise.cash, and this, Hive.