This crisp day welcomed in a little one named Kringle.  When he first put
a paw on the bridge, he looked very weary.  Then when the second one hit,
more sparkle came to his eyes, when the third touched the bridge, his
head raised and more pep came to his step.  Finally with the fourth, he
was transformed into a strapping boy who walked proudly towards me.  He
had an intelligence to his face which was very expressive.  He was a bit
confused as to where he was.  I told him he must feel wonderful to be
whole and to have dignity once again.  He smiled and told me that he was
always whole with his mommy.  If not in body, in heart.  And dignity was
the gift that she gave him he had already lost.  I told you he was wise.
 
At peace and one with everything we know of and other things we've yet
to come to know, he waits for his mommy to come and hold him.  To come
and truly play with him.  While he waits for his mom to arrive so that
she can see what was inside of him all along and what she gave to him,
Princess,Tori, Oscar ,Samantha, Smokey, Bandit, & Boots are getting
closer to him.  In no time they will be bonded forever.  Meanwhile
Kringles peaceful mind is open to their company and he is no longer
alone.  Way up, by a northern star is a special cloud that is higher
than most.  It has everything he had on earth and then some.  There is
room for his family as well if they want to stay together on occasions.
 
Kringle gets hugs and kisses from me every day and all day and he'll
continue to get them until his mommy arrives for him.  Meanwhile he is
learning how to be the best ferret that he can be with his perfect body
and his perfect mind.  Leaping, rolling, climbing, chasing bugs, stealing
shiny things, the whole lot of it.  He is not surviving anymore.  He is
living!
[Posted in FML issue 5094]