A puppy! Raptor, how great! Funny thing- I've been thinking of getting a dog, too. Not a puppy, but a gentle friend to keep me company on walks, greet me joyfully when I come home- you know the drill.

Mrzz, my heart is with you and your family. It never ends, does it? My father loves to quote lugubrious hymns and scripture snippets- "life is but a vale of tears" etc. I'm beginning to agree with him!

But there's also puppies in it. And friends. And the Mudcat!

Allison