I WAS SO TOUCHED BY YOUR STORY, I DECIDED I WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT OUR SNICKERS. I HAVE HAD SUCH A HARD TIME WITH HER LOSS, BUT IN HEARING YOUR STORY ABOUT YOUR LIFE WITH SPRITE, I FELT LIKE WRITING THIS TO YOU WOULD HELP. SNICKERS WAS A BEAUTIFUL CAIRN TERRIER, WHO CAME INTO OUR LIVES ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. THE PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY OWNED HER LIVED ON THE STREET A BLOCK OVER FROM US-LONG STORY SHORT, THEY MOVED AND LEFT HER ON THE STREET. MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND MY HUSBAND AND I STARTED LEAVING FOOD AND WATER OUT FOR HER-AFTER A FEW WEEKS, WE LOOKED FOR HER AND FOUND HER AT A HOUSE NEAR BY WHERE THEY WERE HAVING A GARAGE SALE (SHE LOVED BEING AROUND PEOPLE AND GETTING ATTENTION). WE PICKED HER UP AND TOOK HER TO A VERY SPECIAL VET, WITH THE IDEA WE WOULD HAVE HER CHECKED AND THEN FIND HER A GOOD HOME. WELL, SHE HAD HEARTWORM, SO WE BROUGHT HER HOME, NURSED HER THROUGH THAT, AND SHE WAS THEN OURS. OUR DAUGHTER SAID SHE KNEW IT WAS A DONE DEAL WHEN WE CAME HOME AFTER A TRIP TO PET SMART, WITH A FLUFFY BED, TOYS, AND ETC. YOU HAVE SAID THE SAME THING I HAVE MANY TIMES-ALL THEY WANT IS LOVE, FOOD, AND A LITTLE ATTENTION, AND THEY GIVE YOU COMPLETE DEVOTION. THERE IS SO MUCH TO TELL-SO MANY STORIES FOR OUR 10 YEARS TOGETHER, BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY, SNICKERS WAS LOVED. SHE WAS ILL HER LAST YEAR AND BECAME VERY ILL AT THE SAME TIME MY MOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE HAD TO GO BETWEEN GARLAND, TX AND BACK HERE TO FT WORTH JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK. WE LOST SNICKERS AND A WEEK LATER WE LOST MY MOTHER. THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO THIS PAST APRIL, AND I STILL GET TEARY WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, I THANK GOD THAT I WAS SO BLESSED WITH THIS VERY SPECIAL FRIEND AND FOR MY BEAUTIFUL LOVING AND CARING MOTHER. SO, MR. LEVIN, AFTER WATCHING YOU ON FOX AND HEARING YOU ON THE RADIO, I HAVE TO SAY JUST LET THOSE TEARS FLOW AND THINK ABOUT HOW BLESSED YOU HAVE BEEN-SPRITE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, AND WHEN THOSE TEARS COME, YOU WILL REMEMBER THE FUN TIMES TOO. WE HAVE MANY PICTURES OF SNICKERS, BUT, I AM TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED, AND AM NOT SURE HOW TO SCAN ONE IN TO SEND WITH THIS. I WILL, HOWEVER, GET MY HUSBAND TO DO THIS LATER. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS AND PLEASE HUG ONE ANOTHER FOR ME-YOU ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE. OH YES, THE REASON I KNOW I AM TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED IS BECAUSE MY GRAND-DAUGHTER TOLD ME THIS IS SO-I REALLY AM,YOU KNOW. I USUALLY JUST READ AND SEND E-MAILS, AND CAN FIND WHATEVER I NEED ON THE INTERNET-WHAT ELSE DO I NEED, HMMM? I TELL HER THIS, AND SHE JUST SHAKES HER HEAD AND GRINS-JUST ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL BLESSING IN MY LIFE.

Mariss from Texas