[Gpdd] Re: Announcement: Olga and Tasha

[Off1Knight at aol.com]

I must apologize for my less than timely manner is recognizing the passing of 
Tasha and Olga. To their mothers and fathers, I offer my most sincere 
condolences. What makes this truly heartbreaking is that both of the babies had to be 
helped across the bridge. Loosing these little bundles of fur and love is 
difficult enough without having to help them leave our world. Needless to say, 
the devil himself could never take them from our hearts. I wonder every day if 
the bridge will be in sight for my little guy and wen I see him eating and 
purring I know my thanking God for THIS day has helped. I wish I could say both 
Olga and Tasha had enjoyed a long life, but for the time they spent with their 
mommy and daddy, I'm SURE they feel they just blinked and their little furry 
guys were gone. It's funny how time, no matter how constant, passes with the 
swiftness of a blink of an eye and gone in the time it takes to say "God bless 
you honey". But for it all, every second they were in their you hands and for 
every happy wheek when treated to some extra carrots or maybe some really fresh 
parsley, a single star will forever burning the dark place left in your heart. 
That place that saw the first dawn when Olga and Tasha came into your 
lives...that same place that was brilliant with sunshine no matter how dark the world 
outside might have been and that same place that in that single blink of an 
eye went dark when the little guys passed on. If there is anything I can offer, 
let it be to look back and remember them...and if you feel strong enough, 
write down some of those special moments that you shared with them down. The 
tears you shed and will shed on occasion will serve to water those memories..and 
one day, you will look back and say "My God, could there be so many stars in 
the sky" For every moment God has given you with these little miracles, another 
star has taken it's place in your heart. Once again, please accept my belated 
but non the less most sincere condolences on the loss of Olga and Tasha. 
Although they are no longer here, they will NEVER EVER be gone.

Sincerely,

Joseph C. Petrillo, George the guinea pig's father