Last spring one of my college daughters called and said a friend had
broken up with her boyfriend, had to find a different apartment and
couldn't keep her young ferret....would I take her knowing that if she
found another apartment eventually where she could keep her ferret...
I would give her back. I agreed...then I fell in love.....with Eliza,
the world's tiniest ferret. Poor sweet baby that totally crashed when
she had to leave her "mom", spent time at the vet, went on Carafate
for her upset tummy, had a reaction to her second distemper shot, grew
stronger on soup every day and now loves me. Her other "mother" is
changing schools, moving to Portland, OR (6 hrs from me), has a ferret
friendly apartment....and wants Eliza back. Eliza never bonded to any
of my other kids so that is not the issue.....I am the problem. I just
love this little one so much. I have 5 adopted human kids and never
considered fostering a child because I just couldn't give one back....
ever. I'm a keeper kind of person. What's mine is mine...all mine.

Why in the world did I do this? How do you shelter moms do it? Love a
little one and then let it go. I tell my 5 adopted daughters that their
birth mothers loved them so much and that's why they let them go to a
better life. True love. Loving someone so much that you want the best
for them even if you never see them again, just knowing that the are
happy, safe, and loved. I know Eliza and her other mother love each
other. And I know that next week Eliza will be leaving my care. I
promised. And I know that it's going to hurt. I don't know how you
shelter moms do it over and over again. You are special people.

Nancy in OR

[Posted in FML 8071]