>That is what life is, a passing joy for all of us. That we get to >experience it and share it with these loving creatures, that is the >beauty How right you are, Risa. I also have been trying -- w some good success -- to live that truth. This sudden consecutive loss of so many of my ferrets, and now one cat, has been so painful. At first I could only feel the losses, and now I am also enjoying deeply the ferrets and other animals I still have. Plus the rest of my life, which is very very good. [Posted in FML 5964]