Our Most Sincere Condolences to all who have lost a fuzzie or have an ill fuzzie We understand your pain and sadness......and why sometimes one would think perhaps they will give up being a parent to a fur kid,( ferret or other type of furkid, or any type of critter).....It is never easy to open your heart and home to any little critter,......to Love and Care for them..and then one day let them go or help them Go across the Bridge.... To our Heavenly Father all his children are special.....and We all have special jobs to do.....Each of us are chosen to be The Parent /or / Guardian of which ever animal it is that we are The Guardian/Parent of.....We are chosen with the greatest of care......Some times we have our little critters for a long time...other times for a short time..... but for however long we have them for....we show them how special they are to us......and we give them the chance to experience happiness and love........and for some, this is the only peace they have ever known.... and if not for us, some of these precious little ones would NEVER know the JOY of being LOVE, the Joy of a GENTLE Caress.....What greater gift could anyone ever give......AND WE ALL GIVE IT SO FREELY...... For some that have never known kindness or tenderness,their short time with us is the most wonderful..... We understand this all to well.....we rescued an 7 wk old baby mink.....we had hoped that he would go to a wildlife reserve......but He had to big a hurt and we had to decide to either let him go on his own or to help him cross the Bridge......We helped him,.... He was only with us for 24 hrs.....but He got into our Hearts......I held him as the Dr gave him the shot and as he went to sleep....and another angel held me.........and the Dr cried with us as we cried and held this precious little Critter and helped him to the Bridge.......We named him PRINCE....Why he was sent to us,...we do not know......all we do know is that we were honored by HIS presence in our life...even for a short time..... We have lost a fair amount of furkids.......and each one hurts.......and during this time we Rest securely in our Heavenly Fathers Loving arms...until the pain becomes alittle more bearable....it never gets easy,,,,but in time the pain does become more bearable.........I rest often in our Fathers arms..... God Bless all of you and your loved ones always GOD BLESS FERT_ANGELS [Posted in FML issue 4215]