I have started to do this so many times I have lost count. I tend to be easily distracted by things, anything shiney for example, or anything related to Lord of the Rings (yep, I belong to the "groupies" - I have reread the stories twice analyzing the differences) (Oh I know, but if I fall asleep while I do that it doesn't hurt a thing) You know, like the Elves at Helms Deep, or Haldir dying at Helms Deep, didn't happen in the book. I also tend to get distracted by poop. Some times it can be facinating by itself, you know, you take out the litter box and look, and if one looks really weird, you examine it. Had one little boy here in the shelter, I swear he pooped out an entire sleep sack. Any way, back to the original reason for the post here, health wise, I am still in remission!! (Yeah!!) But I take that as it comes, with the odds at 1 in 5 I'll get it again, well, we'll see what the furture holds, Docs don't know all. On the fundraiser front, I can finally see the dinning room table again, along with furniture that I think you are suppose to be able to sit on!!! It looked like a store room for a basket shop, bath stuff, coffees, teas, cookies, lots of human baskets (but that is what I had the most of) and some really great ferret stuff. I think the post office thought that this place was a regular pick up spot. Because of the effort of so many people, the shetler/house is saved, there is an emergency cushion, and the old timers that needed to go back on lupron are back on it. No one will ever know how deeply grateful I am to everyone. Words cannot express what I feel. Maybe that is why I have been lurking, I cannot express the gratitude I feel. I feel very humbled. I do not know what I have ever done to have so many people care. So many friends. Another thing that I will forever be grateful for. I do plan on giving back or paying it forward, and have already started, I recieved a donation from an unknown person who wished it to be split between this shelter and another, I honored their wish. I am working on some stuff for the different groups that helped to raffle, auction or give away to help restore their shelter funds. This whole experience, has been, there are no words for it. But it has proved one thing to me, it reafirms my belief that once a group of people (ferret fold for certain) gets it into their minds to do someting, they do. It seems to take a bit of direction, or a boot, but it gets accomplished. All our differences get put aside and we unite like no other. Lisa, Kat, Harry, Tara, Ardith, Elyan, Ann, Brenda, Lynn Ann, Kim, Nancy, Stacia, and that loveable Ron and Fran and beebee worked very hard to make sure the word got spread and kept track, and tried to keep me focused in on what needed to get done on my part. (Rembering anything is a feat in itself anymore.) Thanks to them, Club Med, FML, Altpet, and those wacky loveable Pooflingers, clubs, rescues, and hundreds of other people, rather than having to find someone to take over or take the ferrets here, I can still shelter, and be here for those ferrets who need a shelter, a safe place till they find their forever home. There still is a place for those abused kids, or biters that will not kill them just because they don't understand not all people are bad. And the ferrets who are dying and the owners can't deal with it, there still is a place for them to come and be loved for whatever time they have left. Thanks to people who I know only by internet, or don't know at all, the shelter still goes on, there still is a safe haven for the unwanted. And I have a reason to keep getting up in the mornings. Thank you all. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for showing me that not all humans are rotten and mistreat their animals and each other. Thank you for believing in me and giving me strength. Hugs to all. Jean Ferrets Unlimited Ferret Shelter 4116 Bucyrus Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44109 216/749-3885 www.ferretsunlimited.org No Kill, Non-Profit, 501 (c) (3) [Posted in FML issue 4455]