Dear Mom, We are ALL crowded in Pie O' Paw's cottage, and he's letting us write to you because that's what we wants to do! We all decided that sense we can't ALL use the type-a-writer-ma-jiggy that I, Sammy would be the one to use it 'cause I has the most smarts. Pearl keeps calling me a smart fuzzy-butt though, which is making everyone giggle, and making it hard for me to type, 'cause it really is funny. How many ferrets can you fit into Pie's cottage? The answer is all of us, if we flop into a big pile and leave enough room for me to type! We are all doing so wonderfully, and enjoying a nice mug of warmed Ferretone, courtesy of Pie himself. Guess what? All of the things we had to deal with when we was there, I mean the bad things and health stuff, is allllll gone. Pearl's no longer deaf, Lacey is no longer blind, Lola's not crippled any longer and no one has to worry about bad memories, or being afraid of anyone or anything, that that's mostly because when we came to live with you, you took those away and gave us many more really good memories to keep and share. Maxine said we should explain what it's like for us when we are on our way here is kinda hard to explain, but I'll try. <pausing for idea's> Ooh, OOH, Stash came up with a good idea. He say's it's like bath time. < They is all groaning about baths now > We know it's gonna happen, and we get wet, and bubbly, and you laugh at how pitiful we look, and then you rinse us, and dry us off, and then we are off for any surface we can rub ourselves completely dry, and then it's out of the way until the next bath. Well coming here is kinda like that. At first it's something we don't want, but we know it's still gonna happen. Then as we are going, it's like the getting wet part, but it's not so scary, more like being hugged and loved by you, then there is the rinse part. When that happens, and we all agree, it's like all the things that ached, and hurt, were broken, or were just bad memories seem to fade away, and all that was left was the good things, like remembering our favorite toys, hidey holes, treats and the BIG TIME love you gave us, and the love we get to still keep in our fuzzy hearts for you. Then by the time we take that last step into the Rainbow Bridge, it's like the "being all nice and dry" part. The only sad thing is we miss you. So our letter is one of hope, of love, and of celebrating our lives no matter where we are. We love you Mom, always and forever! Lola, Oliver, Moxie, Dosha, Penny, Sweeheart, Stash, Starlight, Stinker, Slinky, Shanara, Charlie, Flash, Max & Maxine, Shockra, Merc, Lacey, Kelly, Little Pearl, Sallie Ali, Baby, Isabella, and last, but not least - ME - Sammy [Posted in FML 7974]