Wendy, Thanks... I , for one, can get a little wound up when it comes to speaking up for animals and I really do not mean to get off track. I do not think it hurts us at all to take a little breather, from time to time, and open up other subjects, because in a round about way, we can see the benefit to cats in general...while actively helping all animals... This whole Vick thing , being an example...not to mention a few people here might just blossoming from a sad/dorment period and re-directing their beautiful energy. I could be doing that myself? We all need to stay healthy and happy in order to help more cats...kind of a little joke, but probably true? For being here such a short time, I feel I have learned a lot about FeLV. I so want to thank everyone who got back to me with the best information they had to give me regarding my FeLV+ little Gracie.The personal experiences gave me some hope, the actual web-sites informed and educated me...Thank you Wendy and everyone for making me feel welcome. I hope I can be a good support and source of information to some of you and perhaps some new people that happen along. I certainly will recognize that awful feeling of complete dispair when someone just finds us after being told by their that vet that their cat tested FeLV+. The day that happened to me I came home, went to my computer...It was about 10:00am. Well somewhere in there I called my best girlfriend and told her...I remember saying I felt so sad I wish I could get hit by a truck. Well, I recalled that off-the -wall comment I had made earlier in the day to my friend. By 10:00pm that night my head hurt so bad I thought to myself that I feel like I have been hit by a truck! I cosed up the computer , took a hot shower , ate and went to bed. I felt tired for two days after that... That was a killer day... Well, now that I have personally gone through that, I'm good to go for any who wander on to this site having gone through what I went through that miserable day. Meanwhile, I am here to keep picking up information,tips and seriously just enjoying all the nice people here. It is not easy finding so many very nice people in one place...In my life, I have noticed, when ever I have gotten in the company of animal-lovers I am my happiest...Thanks guys! Glenda
--- wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I just wanted to stress that even though our site > seems to be going through some changes, mainly > losing members that have been around for a while, > our site is extremely important. There will always > be a need for people to be educated on FeLV. When > new members do not come along, I believe keeping our > site alive with photos, anecdotes, and other > interesting things like activism against Mr. Vick is > important. We will not always be busy helping new > members, which is a good thing, but keeping our site > active keeps our camraderie going. I don't want to > see that stagnate. We lost Elizabeth last week. I > didn't even know it until she emailed me last night. > She is such a sweet lady and so encouraging, I hate > to see her go. But like others, she's got some > personal stuff she's dealing with, and she can't > take the extra time right now to be here, which I > completely understand. I'm hoping members like her, > Nina, MC, and Michelle will return when they are > able. They are so > valuable. There will always be people who come and > go, and sometimes we'll even have a few issues come > up, as we recently did, but we can get through them, > and maintain our site for the betterment of cat > health. I think what we're doing is more important > than many of us realize, so hang in there if you can > when times get rough, and if you can't, don't forget > to come back and visit when you can. Because of our > differing personalities, everyone has something to > offer, and I think that's a beautiful thing. > > :) > Wendy > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful > committed citizens can change the world - indeed it > is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade > ~~~ > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email > wherever you're surfing. > http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469
