Hi Everyone! And dooks to the little ones! You may remember me from last year with my loss of Pookie. It took me 7+ months and 1 year of lighting candles for her, but now I do realize she is in my heart and will forever be loved. I got 2 more kids in December and by some coincidence one of them acts exactly like my Pookie. I'm sure for some reason she was intended for us to be together. I am now a proud mom of 5 and I love everysingle one of them! My wedding went well, but of course I thought of pookie during the ceremony. Thank God it was only a 15-minute ceremony, but I still almost forgot my line when asked if I take this man... As a matter of fact it almost came up as a dook for an answer. But I made it through! I'm still upset that my sister would not let my other three in the wedding. This weekend I had a lot of time with my kids. They love to help me when I'm cleaning the room. I learned a lot since I got ferrets. It's amazing what you can learn by just watching and seeing their actions each day. I think a lot of people can learn from ferrets. I'm not saying everyone could use this. There is just a lot to learn from them. When my kids come out, they will usually all come to me at one time to tell me they want their plate of treats. I will get their towel out and place their plate down and pour their treats so they may all share. They all go to the plate, but never fight over who got what or you got more than me. As a matter of fact they all climbed on the bed with me later and that's usually a sign that they want another treat (You know the I'll do a trick for a treat!). I never give just one ferret a treat. If one gets a treat, then they all get a treat. I noticed that Lamb Chop was eating her treat and she looked up and saw Buddie had just finished his and wanted more. She kindly went over and gave her remaining piece to Buddie. Then I saw Mickey getting comfortable in the blankies I leave in the closet for them to dig in. He was just making himself comfortable and Minnie saw him in there by himself. She got up went outof the closet (Large walk in) went to the plate of treats, got a big piece of a crunchy and went back into the closet and placed it right in front of Mickey. They looked at each other, Minnie then went back out to the room and played with the others and Mickey was content and ate the treat. All I could think was "How kind and how sweet that is!" When they sleep they don't argue over who has too much of the blanket. Or if one is sleeping downstairs of the cage and one decides to go down stairs also the other always makes room for the other. It's never "Your hogging the Blankets" or "I'm here so you can't be here too!" Its just pure kindness on each one of their parts. If one is getting in trouble the rest will try to help the other. Always!!! Never arguments, just play! Never selfishness, just love! Its just something I observed and feel so strongly and proud of my kids! Thanks everyone! Thanks for being here and listening! Thanks for being a kind and a welcome heart! Mostly, Thanks for caring! Sorry this was so long! Sincerely, Pook Mom & The Doo-Doo Crew (Buddie, Mickey,Minnie, Stewart Little, Lamb Chop and Pookie at the Rainbow Bridge) [Posted in FML issue 4104]