[Papi]

A warm and appreciative hello my YorkieTalk friends from Papi and Patticake.

Please forgive us for our long absence, it's been a long difficult journey, and sadly I still have not fully recovered, if it wasn't for Patticake I doubt if I would still be alive, she got me up and walking again though still have problems with my legs, having her forced me to get up everyday, take her for her walks 3 to 4 times a day, truly I would have stagnated, withered away without her, doubt very much I would be here to write this post, though I credit Patticake for much of my recovery, my friends, Patti, Jack, Joan, Patti Shirley, Elaine, Lori, Bre and all here who supported me with many cards, email's of your well wishes, your patience and kindness was without bounds, and would like you all to know how deeply your prayer's, thoughfulness accomplished in my healing, not so much my physical healing, more so with the deep, dark psychological state I fell into, it has been a nighmare I'm slowly coming out of as this post attest to, I'm not there yet but being able, and willing to come in here is a good sign.

May I add a grateful and appreciative, heartfelt thank you to Elaine and her family who came all the way out from Pennsylvania to check on Patticake and I last year, it was a wonderful, welcome surprise, and Joan, a dear, dear lady who has been to visit Patticake and I twice this year, how welcome and appreciated your visits were, I will never forget your love and kindness, you sincerely raised my spirits as you all did my friends with the un ending deluge of cards, that continue to come, I do not have the words, nor can I express how I sincerely, deeply appreciate the love, kindness, thoughfulness shown Patticake and I, and your patience when not hearing from us our inability to communicate, thank you my dear friends, thank you from my heart.

Patti, Jack I thank you my dear friends, even in your pain, sufferings, in my failure to respond, you never gave up on Patticake and I , thank you for all your phone calls, your email's, please my friend forgive me.

Brenda, my friends, I am adding some images of Patticake taken in May, she is so very dear and precious, in fact she seems so much like Kassie Kisse's at times I beleive she is the reincarnation of Kassie, when we climb hill in back here where Kassie's Rock is, she heads straight for it, I sense I have two Yorkie's in one, she is just so beautiful, thank you ever so much my friends who made Paticake possible in my life, thank you very, very much.

Please, please if I can't repond to all your post, please forgive me in advance, I'm still not up to par.

My well wishes, good health, to each and everyone of you and your precious Yorkie's.

Thank you for your patience.

Patti, Jack, I will be calling you this evening.

Humbly, Gratefully yours

Papi