AS THEY SAY..SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS...

The Good News is:

Even the clouds wore pink,

 as they hovered over the Golden Gate bridge, 

in celebration of Tami's 12th year 

as a survivor

 and the Avon 39 Walk to End Breast Cancer.

It was a beautiful weekend,

 full of camaraderie, positiveness, 

sunshine and hope,

 with a fair amount of blisters thrown in.

Team Hospitality

We are not just

 another bunch of well-dressed, pretty faces.

  We are a small part

 of a 100 + strong crew

 that supported a field 

of about 2000 walkers

 this weekend in San Francisco.

 An amazing

 $4.6 million was raised

 to help continue the fight

 against breast cancer.

You may have seen this picture

 I posted on Face Book of

 Tami

 and three of her 

very handsome supporters...

...and her sweet little Rosie

 who was also proudly

 showing her support

 for mom.

A huge thank you to Avon 

and to the countless numbers

 of sponsors and organizations

 around the world 

that are trying so hard

 to put an end

 to this horrible disease.

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Now, the Bad News:

We lost

 our sweet and kind

 little Maggie 

last night.

Maggie came to us

 about fourteen years ago

 when the Captain found her

 living under the school house

 with one of her kittens.

 She couldn't have been 

more than a kitten herself 

at the time. 

 They had been obviously abandoned.

 To a certain extent, 

Maggie still hadn't lost

 her human connection,

 but her kitten

 was as wild as could be.

 He caught them both

 and took them to our vet

 where Maggie was found 

to be pregnant again.

 They were both fixed

 and given up-to-date shots

 and we decided to bring

 Maggie into our family 

and the school offered 

to let the kitten stay there

 and a number of kind citizens

 kept him in food.

 That kitten still lives there to this day.

Maggie was a healthy

 but shy little girl,

 never wanting to be held

 and only coming to us 

on her terms.

  When visitors came,

 she would just disappear 

for as long as they were around.

  When Buddy came to be with us,

 she tolerated being around him 

unless he made a fast move

 and then she pulled her

 famous disappearing act!

 She never scratched the furniture,

 she never begged for scraps or treats,

 and she never jumped onto tables or counters.

  If she sounds

 like a perfect little lady,  

 she was.

Her favorite places 

in the whole world

 were by the fire in the winter

 and then when summer came,

 in a pool of sunshine.

She lost her sight

 about a month ago 

but was still able to find 

her box, her food and water, and her way back to bed.

 We hoped and prayed 

that we would be able to realize

 when pain came into the picture

 and we were always on the look out.

  Yesterday, 

she no longer wanted to eat and drink

 and she suffered three small seizures.

 We called a doctor in our area

 who comes to the home 

so that she could have as little stress as possible.

 The doctor was scheduled 

to arrive at 10:30 this morning

 but Maggie decided, 

on her own terms as usual,

 that she was ready to go

 during the night.

Good night

Sweet dreams to a sweet girl

We will miss you

We are so thankful

 that you were a part of our family

 and that you had a life 

that you deserved.

Be happy to see

 big brother Buddy and cousin Cooper 

when you meet again

 on the other side of 

the Rainbow Bridge.

"Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty

Little ball of fur

Happy Kitty, Sleepy Kitty

Purr, Purr, Purr."

Author Unknown

...Judy...

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