To all who have had their loving fuzzies travel to the Rainbow Bridge. I'm sorry that I have not been able to send personal messages of condolances of your losses and the heartbreak that each one of you feels. My computer caught a sniffle and crashed with quaddruple pneumonia brought on by Netscape 4.7 and the internet. It seems that something would not shut off when I shut down, and when I did a scandisk or defrag, it caused all of my files to be scrambled and I had to have a postmortum done on the 8.2gig hard drive. Dr.Frankenstein brought my hard drive back to life by cleaning/reformating and puts windows 95 back on, but everything else was lost. But back to the subject, as much as we love our 4-legged friends (ferrets, dogs, cats, etc., etc.), The Supreme Creator of the Universe loves them even more, and HE has allowed them to pass from this life into the life immortal. I have cried with each of you at your losses, because I love these creatures too. I firmly believe that all of God's creatures, which received life from HIM, will return to HIM and never again suffer illness or death. In the Book of Genesis, it is written that when God created the animals, He saw the animals and they were good, and they were good. In the New Testament, Jesus said that our Heavenly Father knows when even the sparrow falls from the air. Why would the Great Creator, the ultimate source of LOVE, decree that any part of HIS Creation should cease to exist and be no more and then take note when part of His Creation falls? Because HE is LOVE, and HE will take HIS Creation back unto HIMSELF. Further, Jesus said that at the end time, the Lion and the Lamb will lay down together. Finally, I cannot believe that GOD would allow such a waste of natural resources, which man is quite capable of accomplishing. Our beloved animals and family, that have gone before us, are waiting to be reunited with us for all eternity. I pray that God will give you the peace that passes all understanding and may HE give you the assurance that we shall all be together again and never again be seperated and always in HIS presence. Sincerely, Rev. Ronald L. Sims, D.D. [Posted in FML issue 2979]