It is often said that "Dogs are man's best friend." For Jill this isn't just a saying but definitely a large steppingstone and turning point of her life was the day she was given her dog. As an awkward child who spent more time bonding with her stuffed animals than she did with other children she found having the companionship of a dog to be one of the greatest gifts her mom ever gave her. And in that very first moment when she held the dog for the first time and asked what it wanted its name to be she swears she heard the dog say, "Nice." And a forever unbreakable friendship was foraged, a bond like no other was born. Jill and Nice become the best of friends going on adventures together when she is younger. Nice taught Jill how to be an independent little girl and make friends at the same time. But it is when she starts to get a little bit older that we see Nice assist her through her first day of kindergarten, middle school, and into the fears of high school.

As she progressed in school Jill always worried that she wouldn't be able to succeed at the next level. A coming-of-age story that allows us to see that sometimes the most important bonds that we have are in the animals that we consider to be family. Through the laughs, the tears and the life lessons Jill in the end must figure out how to live her life as an individual in the memory of her best friend? Nice.