As I was trying to get my work do this morning I heard Valentine coming after my feet and it brought back some memories of my 3 kids at the bridge; 1) Ernie-- Aug.-Dec.1997 Killed by a dog 5 days before christmas,loving sweet and OH so very playful. (my first ferret) 2) Cinders-- May 2002-Jan 2003 Helped across the bridge from Lymphoma, 3 leggs and sweet and a mommie's girl and didn't get along with others,other than Jesse ferret number 6. 3) Jesse--Oct 2000-Aug. 2003 Helped across the bridge from Cardiomyopathy, late alter BIG boy and would eat almost anything you put in front of him. got along with everyone ferret number 3. Valentine came into my life July 29 03 3 week's before Jesse was put to rest, He is Ernie OH so playful and loving and when he want's you to play with him he will come after your feet or jump at you like Ernie used to, He is Cinders the others don't get along with him at all other than Sebastian and he's a lover and is a mommie's boy and then there's Jesse He will eat almost anything you put infront of him and he is a MF ferret but a big boy but not as big as Jes was before he got sick:(. Barbara Johnson wrote a book called Splashes of joy in the cesspools of life and Valentine is a Splash of joy in the cesspools of MY life...... [Posted in FML issue 4315]