I want to thank you all for posting, frankly, I am glad that day is behind me now. My wife is home and I spoke of my profuse sadness during that day with her. During the conversation a perverse thought swept through my head. I have often mentioned, cut down, and deplored the group of people I call "skin deeps". We all know 'em....the ones who exclaim, "It's just a cat" or It's just a dog". I really have to be careful with my sleeve mounted emotions around those kind of people because, one: ferrets seem to be "low on the list" of why anybody would care so much for one and, two: I have to protect my masculinity (yea right

), ANYHOW, during the conversation and having thought about these losers, I realized that life was so much easier for them and so much harder for me. What I mean is they never have to "let go", they don't love furkids like we do and so do not expose themselves to the profuse grief we get when our beloved furry makes a quick and unwanted exit across the Rainbow Bridge!!! It almost for a brief instant sounded better, certainly more balanced than the past week or so has been, Then, reality sets in. I could never trade that skin deep security for all the smiles, all the joy, all the love I have received from my babies. Guess I'll just go on being the "big old sap" that I was born to be. Thank you again my freinds...it is good to see you again!!!
A small footnote...I have posted a new video of "the living" here...
http://lightning-strike.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4521It will be sure to make you smile...
John