Dear Sue & Katy, You will have to forgive me for taking so long with this greeting, my mum has been in a great deal of pain and on some pretty heavy pain killers. So I have been looking in on her to make sure she is doing everything she can to get better. So I apologize, and hope this greeting proves to be worthy of your wonderful BamBam and darling Little Edward. It was a lovely summer day here at the Bridge. We were all being as lazy as possible, because that's what The Big Guy designed summer's for. We were laying on a grassy hillside, sipping iced-mint tea and cloud watching and having a great time, when Hobbes came up the hill with his well worn - and much loved - courier bag over his shoulder. "Here you go Pie.", he said, as he gave to me not one, but two scrolls, "They are brothers, and those..", he pointed to the bottom of the hill where I could see four ferrets dooking and playing as they followed up the hill in Hobbes footsteps, "..... are their family,and were waiting outside the couriers office for me when I came out." He smiled and waved at the group as they meandered up the hill. I remember looking down and seeing them approach, all with wide grins on our faces. I recognized them right away. There was Timmy with his shiny blue wings and a back pack, which I imagined was filled with his collection of crocheted eggs. There was Hershel and Frye - both looking quite joyful, and last, but most certainly not last Pebbles. She was out in front making those boys all look like slow pokes! I didn't even get a chance to open the scrolls before they were on top of me telling all about Edward and BamBam. How fun they were, how much they were loved and adored,not just by the both of you, but by everyone they encountered. For me it was far better for me to hear about them from the fuzzits they knew. It made them more real for me. A scroll gives me a name, and the story of their lives, but it can not be compared to those who knew and loved them best. They not only talked about BamBam and Edward, but about the both of you. You might run a shelter for fuzzits, but those that come to you, it is more then then that. It is a home! It is a place of safety, a placed with with hope and good treats, but most of all a placed filled with unconditional love. If that is not the definition of a home, I don't know what is!!! They talked about how well they were cared for. How no one ever felt slighted or scared or neglected .... how very happy they all were. You did that for them, and they will never, ever forget that. The five of us made our way to The Bridge, and as we did they began their chatter again about Edward and BamBam and sharing more memories of the two of them. It made me want to meet them even more then I did before, so we picked up the pace and made good time to The Bridge. It was so very lovely, but it always is - it is just that each time I come here it is different and I don't mean seasonal either - there were dozens of hydrangea in full bloom, they were that magical shade of blue and so very beautiful. There were also gardenia as well, and the smell coming from them was sweet and dreamy. I felt a soft breeze on my face and looked around to the Bridge to see the sunlight dancing off of it and, just as you saw the day BamBam and Edward left you - two rainbows side by side - going over the Bridge ... and then they were there. Both looked peaceful and serene, but when they saw Pebbles, Hershel, Frye and Timmy they came war dancing right on over and began dooking and sniffing and laughing and there were even a few tear as well - those were mine. When I see new arrivals. I am all to aware that sometimes they come here after a long illness, or an injury which left them lame, or - and I hate saying this, because of abuse and neglect, but when they get here, they are made whole. They can walk and see, have all of their fur, they are no longer sick, or lame, and any memory of harm is gone. They are made whole again, just as The Big Guy made them in the first place. So as asked for, they are ALL together and they are all happy, but most of all they are thankful for having been a part of your family! And keep in mind, they will also be looking in on the both of you too! In Love & In Comfort, Pie O' Pah [Posted in FML 6712]