I was going to wait until my daughter, Victoria, finished the paper, but considering the outcome of the Loving Shelter fiasco, I thought Kim might need a little reminder of what she does do and how it affects people. My 10 year old daughter brought home a writing assignment this past Tuesday. The topic - a local hero. They gave the outline for how to write a report - introduction, 3 paragraphs describing why the person is a hero and closing summary paragraph. Anyone want to guess who my daughter picked as her hero? Was it the Fire Chief who she has known most of her life - no. How about a good friend of mine who is a police officer and was honored for pulling a drowning girl from a river after it overflowed? Nope, not him either. How about her favorite teacher, no, no, no.... Her grandfather, a Korean War vet - no. Her hero was Kim Rushing of KiSta. Kim - you might feel that you did not do enough and regardless of what everyone tells you, you'll still find some way to think you could have done just a little more to stop Linda. But, take it from the honest, innocent mind of a child, you are a hero. You are a hero to Tori and every ferret that has ever come through your door... take a look at Puck in his cage all comfy and well fed, and tell him you failed... If not for you, where would he be? Hugs, Jen [Posted in FML issue 3324]