Belle was helped to sleep today at about 4:15pm. She was our first ferret, the one that taught us all about ferretdom. She was the best, the favorite, one pound full of life and joy and happiness. Belle was diagnosed with insulinoma and adrenal nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea she would hang on this long, but she always was a persistent little thing. There are so many things I want to write about her, but I am simply too emotionally and physically drained now to do it. I will write more about her life in a few days, when I have more energy. "There were bells all around But I never heard them ringing. No I never heard them at all Til there was you." Linda Iroff Oberlin OH [Posted in FML issue 2969]