Dear Fellow FMLers: I don't write a lot but I read the FML every morning. It is my newspaper-so to speak. Over the years, I have seen the outpouring of love on this list, this year I encountered it. I am overwhelmed, dumfounded and just plain stunned by the generosity of the ferret community. Never have I felt so loved and appreciated. There are so many Thank You's that I don't know where to begin. The Giving Tree is a good place to start. Thank you Kristine for creating the Giving Tree. I am sure that through your efforts you have made many of the little fuzzbutts everywhere happy. I know that mine have been blessed beyond belief. Thank you to my husband, Kris for thinking of the ADV babies and for creating the ADV tree. Thank you to Kat Parsons for helping my hubby with the buttons, background and support. Thank you to Wolfy for plugging the ADV tree on the ADV message board. :-) Thank you BIG, for bringing us together. Giving us the chance to share information and help one another through trying times. Whether it be the loss of a beloved one or the adoption of a new critter, we can come here and share. We can vent, we can laugh and we can cry. Last, but by no means least, the Santas. You say that the shelter moms and dads are the angels. I say "You are the angels". You are the people that give us our courage to go on. When things aren't going just like we think they should, you come through with just what we need. A kind word, a pat on the back and just listening to our woes. I have so many of you to thank, I will try to do my best in the next few days. To those of you who chose to stay in the background, my most Heartfelt Thank You goes your way. Oh, one more Thank you-Kristine-thank you for creating the Memorial Tree. I know that Rat is up above looking through the pond. And from the names on the tree, he is with good company. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!! Sincerely, Mary http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=6431&mid=87568 http://www.mkaresq.com [Posted in FML issue 3642]