Dear Sheila, Once again - thank you for your kind words..... I can't even begin to express just how much comfort this group has [always] given me. The whole reason I continue to belong......Every member has always been so compassionate... VERY supportive also............... I really pray that Charity will meet up w/ your Charlie Brown & Oscar.... And all the others [way too many] that also crossed..... I'm still mortified about the ordeal - Charity was young, healthy, [or so I thought] and had come around to be one of the sweetest [feral] fur babies I'd ever encountered... And, doing rescue, there were [too] many, sadly..... I was always told I had a special "gift" working w/ ferals....Turned around so well, many got adopted..... In fact, even though I loved my girl, our last conversation [Yes, I DO talk to all my babies...] was just about that.... I told her that not all humans are evil and "if" she could trust someone, again, she'd be a marvelous addition to a family.... (NOT that I'd adopt her out, but the reality w/ rescue is you can't keep them all.......Just wish I could......) Her baby, Timmy, IS still here & definitely won't be going anywhere else!!!!!! He was adopted when I was [still] in hospital, but made it purr-fectly clear he wasn't happy!!! Thank heavens for adoption contracts!!!! And, out of ALL my babies, Timmy gave me the biggest, most loving "Welcome Home Mom!!!". (One of my dogs, Lucy[fer] wouldn't even come near me! Or "allow" me to get near her!!!! Snarled, growled, kept her distance & probably would have bit me, that is "if" she knew how!!!!! She's a "problem child" & I adopted her after MANY adoptions did not go well, and that's putting it "mildly". We bonded immediately, when she was "returned' to shelter when her first/original guardian died.[And, she had been adopted out while she was a puppy, about 8 years old when "returned". D--b kids.....Didn't want to do anything for her!!!!!! Her age, grief - Is it any wonder why she became a "problem child"?????] At first she was "snippy, etc.", but I made a point to gain her trust & let her know she was loved [again]. And, it worked!!!! I was completely devastated every time she was adopted....[Should have been happy, but we had bonded...] It's the "bonding" that makes it so wonderful.......I really believe I'm the only human that can live w/ her....) Oh, boy have I gotten OT......... But, it is therapeutic......[And do I ever need therapy now!!!!] I just wanted to thank you & let you know that you are also in my daily prayers, along w/ the rest of the members of this fantastic list!!!!! [Being housebound, disabled, etc., my PC is my saving grace!!!!] Hugs, thanks & much love [TO ALL!!!]
Patti & her gang [my life, my reason for still existing...] ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
