[Gpdd] Re: Announcement: God opened the gate, and a SPECIAL piggy was welcomed

[Off1Knight at aol.com]

Dear Jim,
I have written so much about so very many of our little guys that God has 
called back across the bridge. Yet tonight I write about one little guy who stole 
my heart even though I have never met him or hit daddy. That little one is 
SPEEDY. Before continuing I want to offer my deepest and most sincere regrets to 
Jim on the loss of his beloved SPEEDY. I know from reading the digest how 
sick he was and yet I hoped and prayed every day for him in the hopes he would 
make it past this illness. Every one of the little guys that cross the bridge 
breaks my heart and if SPEEDY was a bit more to me it was because he fought so 
hard to stay with is daddy. I know there have been others who have fought just 
as hard and I just never knew but SPEEDY I KNOW tried to stay. I feel terrible 
that he finally lost fought his last battle Sunday morning but in the words 
of his daddy, "there will be endless fields of parsley and also tons of cherry 
tomatoes". So if there is a glimmer of light in the darkest of nights, then 
let it be his suffering has come to an end. He fought valiantly and with 
stubborn determination because of the love he had for Jim and because he knew how 
much it would hurt were he to give up. How could any one of us not love this 
little guy? So once again, I offer my condolences to Jim on his loss and can 
assure him that SPEEDY will continue to remain in the daily prayer which I say over 
George. And one day our little guy will sadly have to cross the bridge and I 
can only hope that SPEEDY will be there to welcome him. 

Sincerely,

Joseph Petrillo, George the guinea pig's daddy