A most warm, and cordial Papi/Patticake evening my dear friends,
Please remember it is still Saturday June 2, 07, though somewhat difficult I know as there has been such a lapse of time, and to long an interlude between my posting of the Patticake Train Station, it would have been nice if I could have written this all in one post.
Ok, where are we, yes, we're gathered on front lawn of Elaine and Butch's house, approximately 7:30/7:45 p.m.by our car's, preparing to leave, and to remind you, it's Elaine, Butch, Lori, Bre, "T" and of course, your's truly Papi holding a not very happy Patticake, Kodi and Dasiey Mae were all ready settled in Lori's car, and if I didn't know any better I believed the expressions on there faces appeared to be saying, Ok Mommy, enough is enough, we've enjoyed our visit, meeting and playing with our relatives, our job protecting, guarding Patticake is mission accomplished, please Mommy let's get a move on, we're tired, and so anxious to return home now, we miss Daddy and Amy, and sleeping in our own comfy bed's, Ohoo my friends I'm becoming gravely concerned with my mental well being, here I am thinking for, as if I'm Kodi, or Dasiey Mae, talking as if I'm a Yorkie, I truly am becoming very weird, I'm worried how or where I'll end up, my question is, what has YorkieTalk done to me ? as rediculous, as stupid as this may sound, I believe I'm going to look into the mirror one morning and see a Yorkie staring back at me, and barking that cute little bark they have, you know the one I mean, well of course I realize my imagination is running wild, totally out of the realm of reality, yet there has been a transformation of sorts within me, and that is I have a Yorkie's Heart, now that is a wonderful reality which you my friends at YorkieTalk have imparted to me thus spiritually I am a prodigy of you, your love, and all the love which eminates from the heart's of our precious Yorkie's, so please no need to fear Papi will end up in a white jacket, I think I'll be fine.
Here I am, got carried away again, what did all that have to do with our departing the Patticake Train Station, well actually nothing, except I have turned into this monstrous YorkieTalk Yakker, whether it's for the better or worse depends upon your perceptions, only you can be the judge of that, let me ask of you this question please, is there any cure for this ?
Papi, Papi, Papi, please a little less yakking, we would like to hear the story, uh, sorry, fine I will move on, where was I ? - Oh yes, the not so happy ending to as I mentioned earlier a most wonderful and special day, we now faced a very down hearted moment, parting and saying our good bye's, this was not easy for any of us, how might I explain it, well maybe I could compare it to a death about to occur, maybe that's a bit dramatic but how I felt, there seemed to be such finality, an end to something so beautiful, and as much as one would like to avoid it, there was no getting around it, sadly it was over, we had to say goodbye, well I can't tell you how long our goodbye's went on, how many times Butch and I shook hands, each time his eyes giving way to tears which he attempted to hold back, wow what a softy he is, yet every inch a man of stature, and compassion, I hope I'm not embarassing you by my telling the world Butch, as for Elaine, where do I begin to tell you how many times we hugged and kissed, and how can I express or help you to understand the sensitivity of this dear lady and friend's heart, maybe I can do it this way, when it comes to the mellowness of one's heart, jello comes to my mind, we know how jiggly it is, yet maintains it's form, which I interpret as being adaptable ready to accept changing situations or conditions, even when negatives may present themselves, love remains steadfast, each time Elaine or I hugged, when she hugged Lori, or Bre her heart could be compared to soft ice cream, the warmth of which would melt away into tears, Elaine truly has a extroidinarliy sensitive heart filled with love, which she is alway's ready to share and let shine, sadly we did at some point say our final goodbye but hopefully we will meet again, Elaine I would love to have that meet up if possible when you go to Brooklyn, so it's not goodbye forever.
Saying goodbye to Lori and Bre wasn't easy either as we hugged and kissed a number of time's also, we were all finding it so difficult to say goodbye, having to bring this our special day to a conclusion, no not at all easy for any of us, though Patticake and Bre had no intentions of letting this take place at that moment, Lori and Bre walked me to my car with Patticake, who I put on the drivers seat, she began barking, and a solemn, saddend faced Bre wanted to hold hug and kiss Patticake for one last time, and obviously Patticake wanted to stay with her, needless to say Bre's one last goodbye. turned into many, kind of one last hoorah was more like it, sadly Lori explained to Bre she had to let Patticake and Papi leave, reluctantly a saddened Bre said her one final goodbye to Patticake, how this dear child loved and cared for Patticake on this long journey, and how gratefull I am to you Bre, thank you my sweet little friend, I will take good care of her for you, Bre then gave Papi a very warm, big hug and kiss, I felt she didn't want to let me go either but don't think her father would have wanted to see her and Lori come home with a Papi and Patticake. well maybe he wouldn't have minded a Patticake but a Papi, I don't think so, especially if that Papi isn't potty trained, sowwwwy, my dry sense of humor just had to make it's not so laughable appearence,.
No, No, No it's not over, I was seated in car with Patticake ready to go, Patticake was not, as Lori began walking away to her car, Patticake went ballistic, fought to follow Lori and began that strange screeching bark as Lori called it, which she did everytime Lori went our of her sight through the day, Patticake obviously had bonded with and loved Lori, some how Lori it was I believe got Patticake to go into the car carrier where some of her blamkie, chewies and toys comforted her, she calmed down enough that I could walk Lori back to her car and we gave each other a final hug and friendly kiss on cheek, it was a very depressing moment in time, felt as the air from a balloon had suddenly rushed out, an emptiness, an uncomforatble void in my life, I thought how is this possible, having these emotions, feelings for people, (friends) you just came to know, spent 6 or 7 hours with, though in fact it wasn't as confusing as I make it out to be, when I thought about it, I came to the conclusion I was associating with those who are of the same heart, mind and spirit as I am, love is the motivator, and a deep love for Yorkies as well as othe human souls, yes my friends it hurt, wasn't easy to turn away from Lori, Bre, Elaine, Butch, "T" and the children, and as they say, drive off into the sunset.
We are now all settled in our vehicles, even Butch and Elaine as they had an engagement to keep, I believe it was now around 8:00/8:30 p.m.as we all pulled away with a warm friendly departing wave, my friends I can only add it was most disheartening to say the least, the realization, the Patticake Train has come to the end of the line, completeing a wonderful, a glorious selfsacrificing mission, and journey with love fueling it from Nebraska to Reading, Pensylvania, though our hearts dropped momentarily with a degree of saddness, we are left with the everlasting memory of all the love, joy, support we received from each other, and ultimately helping a stranger become whole again by placing a precious furball, Patticake into the arms, the life of Papi, a companion, as he once had in Kassie Kisses, it is now a time for thanksgiving, a time to celebrate, a time for happiness to reign in our hearts.
Oh here we go again, I am over the limit with allowed charactors, I will have to add the rest of this to my next post, there will another episode, Part #2.
Thank you for being so patient with Papi.
I'm attaching one image of Patticake just to wet your appetite's, taken at a spring water facility we went to yesterday 6/12/07.