Dear Bridge Greeters, Our beautiful silver mitt boy, Blaise, is gone. He left for the Bridge early in the morning of August 5th. He was only three and much, much too young to leave us. He just went so very fast as our babies tend to do. He passed lying in bed next to me. He is survived by his one brother, Aiden, and his seven sisters, Alexis, Maggie, AnnaBelle, Princess, Scarlett, Nellie, and Cracker. Blaise was originally my daughter's ferret. I usually don't buy babies from the pet shops as we all know there are way too many to adopt. However, this day we were in to buy food and Kathryn saw this baby boy with HUGE feet! I told her NO and we made our purchase and left the store. (Mind you she was 16 at the time) While walking to the car she pitched a tantrum worthy of anyone she threw at age two. So, Blaise came to live with us! When Kathryn moved out on her own she left her babies in the care of me and her Daddy. She didn't want to separate our babies. She was Blaise's Mommy until the end. He did indeed grow up to be a big, big boy. He would dook and dance and be very respectful of his smaller sisters and visitors. He never bit but did let Aiden know he was alpha male. He was such a beautiful boy and was loved by all that knew him. His Auntie Susie adopted a boy she named Boggle and at her last visit we took photos of Blaise and Boggle. You couldn't tell them apart! I'm glad his Auntie got to see him one last time when she left her babies for me to sit while she vacationed. Bridge Greeters, please help him find our kids he hadn't met: Holly, Michael, Lucy, and Rocky and reunite him with Sno and Pooh again. Well, I gotta end this as I'm crying. Blaise, you left us much too soon but I guess you had taught us all what God had intended you to. And so he called to you and you answered... Fly free because you have earned your wings.... Your loving family, Mommy, Nanny, Daddy, and your brother and sisters This e-mail is a natural handmade product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws. "If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau "Be who you are and say what you feel because those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter." Dr. Seuss "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) [Posted in FML 6065]