[Mom2BabyNatalie]

Originally Posted by WidsMom

..which probably isn't worth much...LOL. Dena, this is sort of distantly related to this thread, so I'm choosing to post it here instead of making it's own post.

I feel a bit duped. I have been watching you posting about purchasing tiny dogs...one after the other..it appears. I'm finding it hard to be happy about that. You spoke so beseachingly about little Natalie, and her related expenses...and eagerly and appreciatively accepted help financially. Then the post about rescueing..another extremely costly venture...I'm at a loss to understand how things have turned around so quickly. Yorkie's are expensive. Their care is expensive.

I'm sorry, but I can't be happy for you. You appear to be all over the place.

Deanna, I'm sorry one of your adoptive homes has broken your trust.

Everyone seems to focus on the one moment in my trials with Natalie when I was hit with a bombshell regarding finances.... has it never occurred to you that if you were suddenly hit with unexpected expenses reaching into the, possibly, tens of thousands - that you yourself might just have a little breakdown? Yes, Natalie's expenses reached beyond 6000.00 - and that was only during that one major experience when she was diagnosed. The months before left us with even further expenses of several hundred dollars.

This was all discussed in another thread.... but the fact is, the bills were paid... all of them... and Natalie received the best possible care and treatment.

I don't think my making the decision to now bring new babies into my heart equates to being "all over the place"... tiny or otherwise.

I have the capacity to love and the means to care for - very well I might add - any little ones I decide to make a part of my family.

I am a quite reasonable woman.... I don't dream in the clouds and I don't take the responsibility of providing for another living thing, lightly...

I must say, that I have felt as though I've been "in the frying pan" with the folks here on every single decision I've made - or even THOUGHT of - since becoming a part of YT.... I have been evaluated, criticized, ridiculed and questioned on every aspect of my world.

As well, I have received much guidance, support, friendship and compassion here from many others.

I feel as though I have been more than accommodating to everyone's concerns and stand by my decision to make a few new faces a part of my world.

Perhaps I should work on becoming a little less "giving" with respect to my thoughts, ideas and desires made available here..... since it seems that every word is taken as an open door to welcome the, quite often, undeserving comments of others...... when in reality, most folks who post here, I think are just trying to share their excitement or experiences here... rather than be condemned for them.

I do realize it's a public forum... that noted, I think maybe I should learn to discuss less touching topics, like the weather or type of food to feed.... rather than heartfelt concerns or treasured experiences.... and that's a shame... because it would seem that THIS should be the ONE place to share just that....