I've been a subscriber of this list for a couple of years now and am mostly a lurker. However, Gordon's comments on the grammatical structure of Sandee's email prompted a response. Gordon, have you actually _read_ through these emails? Do you understand the nature of them, and who "Sandee" is? If so, I do not think you'd be so quick to judge the situation. The posts from Sandee are meant to be a way of helping others accept and deal with the loss of their ferrets. "Sandee" is meant to be a fert who has already crossed over the rainbow bridge and is there, waiting, to greet those fuzzies who make the passage. If you were to read these emails _in context_ then I don't think you would find them offensive. Is it really necessary to use time to criticize the writing skills of a "fert" who is sending email?! I hold a PhD and teach at a university. Never once did the grammar or spelling of Sandee's email bother me. (I save _my_ criticisms of such matters for the proper place; the classroom.) In fact, I've found Sandee's emails to be touching, heartwarming, and a very special part of this list. Someday--when it happens--I hope Sandee will be there to greet my fuzzies when they pass. Please, lighten up, and spend more energy trying to find the GOOD in things, not the bad. T [Posted in FML issue 3230]