Dear Sandi, Today was yard work day for me and my brother Tisha. He's decided that as much as he loved having a place of his own, he really missed being part of a pile, so I asked him to come and move right on in with me. I have this nice little Hobbit hole of a place and I have plenty of room for any fuzzit that wants to come and visit. So here we were, out mowing the lawn, and weeding and both getting pretty green - it's hard not to turn green when both of us have white fur. I was bagging up a bag of weeds when Hobbes came up to me with not one but two scrolls for me. Made me feel very special seeing that the requests had come from you, I remember greeting both Athena, Sugar Babe and Bucky and felt it a great honor to be able to greet Ophelia and Lil Bit. I stopped what I was doing, and asked Tisha to come along me. So we both got ourselves cleaned up and off we went in search of a whole business of fuzzits to help with these two greetings. First we stopped at the "Comfy Place' where there are all manners of couches and chairs and comfortable places for fuzzits to crawl on and into to nap an hour or 18 or so <grin>, there we found Zeus, Merlin, Spanky Rose and Louie Ville Slugger. After we made certain they were all awake and ready to go, we next went to the Sunflower Field, it's one of my favorite places to go and hide my favorite stash and sure enough we found a few more familiar faces there, we found Rosie and Rascal, Madaline and Noodles. And last, but not least, we stopped by the Viewing Pool and there we found the rest of the group I had hoped to gather, Sugar Babe, Bucky and his girl friend Mojo, Duke, Gizmo and Lil Bit's brother Dino - and of course Athena herself. She had been watching over you as well as Ophelia and Lil Bit. It's her job as an Angel of Comfort to offer all she can not only to those earthly bound people, but for those who are newly arriving as well as those that are here in heaven. We all love and appreciate the work she does, because she helps make you feel safe and loved and never alone. I know that you are worried that because Ophelia had no one here that she knew, but trust me in this, love knows love when it is near. It is one most important lesson we learn while earth bound and so when we leave from earth to heaven we bring with us all of the love we were given and all of the love we gave, and when we arrive we can recognize this love in everyone we meet and that makes us all family no matter who we were related to in our earthly lives. So the 17 of us made our way to the Bridge, and as afternoon gave way to twilight, we made our way to the Bridge. Along our walk we were blessed with an escort of fire flies. They came in two lazy rows one on each side of us and helped light our path as we walked. I know that there are times, when we are travel this path, no matter where it started, it always leads to the Bridge and sometimes it makes me want to sing, and lucky me, the others joined in. I haven't seen all there is to see But I've seen quite a bit I've seen things I'll always remember Some things I wish that I could forget I haven't quite been around the world But I've been around the block I know that distances are meaningless Like the hands that move around the clock And I know that love is everywhere Always safe, always true And exactly where it comes from Is where it's going to Your heart to mine, my heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours, your heart to mine Love is the light that shines From heart to heart Here I am sitting in old Hong Kong With the harbor and the lights There like diamonds in the heavens Enough to brighten the darkest of nights There's another side to sorrow As there is to everything Like the other side of lonely Is falling in love again And then you know that there's an answer To the suffering you see And though it isn't easy It's still as simple as you and me And you know that love is everywhere Always safe, always true And exactly where it comes from Is where its going to Your heart to mine, my heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours, your heart to mine Love is the light that shines From heart to heart Your heart to mine, my heart to yours Talk about opening windows Talk about opening doors My heart to yours, your heart to mine Love is the light that shines From heart to heart. As we arrived at the bridge, the fire flies gathered in a soft arch over the Bridge opening itself and then it began to glow a soft white and then a soft yellow and then little swirls of gold and silver mingled and danced about the ground. And as we sat in awe of all of this beauty, there came, paw in paw, a beautiful tiny DEW and an adorable little sable girl. Dino ran straight away to Lil Bit and swung her around in circles, all time time kissing her soft little face and telling her how happy he was that she was at long last home. Ophelia just stood there at first, feeling overwhelmed I imagine, but then the rest of us ran to her and did the very same. It was like she was the bell of the ball, every one got a chance to give her a good swing around and a peck on the cheek and by the time we had all finished, she knew she was among family both old and new. We are never alone here, never, there is always someone that we can talk to, or cuddle with or get into a big pile and snooze, so know that Ophelia is among that kind of love and so is Lil Bit. I have to tell you she was glowing all over at the prospect of being reunited with her brother. They were both shown around, and afterwards I thought I heard Ophelia say that it was like being on a fuzzy roller coaster ride, with so much to see and learn, but she and Lil Bit agree, they plan on using the Viewing Pool as often as possible! So I pass on this simple but from the heart message to you - We love you VERY much!!!!! And as I have said before, and will continue to say, one day when it is your time to come here and be with us, you can sure bet there will be plenty of people AND fuzzits to greet you! In Love & In Comfort, Pie O' Pah [Posted in FML 6434]