Patticake's YT Train Tracker....Lori is on her way!!!

[Dan & Corinne]

Oh Goodie!!!! The story continues!!!

I can't wait for the conclusion of this edition!

[yorkiemalt]

beautiful writing Papi....

what is it they say? "A picture paints a thousand words"!

[fufufashions]

Thank you Papi! God gave you a wonderful talent of expressing yourself in ways that only your generation would truly appreciate. Writing and expressing oneself in the way that you do, is a dying art. You truly are blessed with the talent to word paint so that we all feel we were actually there experiencing all of this with you. Thank you for allowing us to share in this incredible event through your talents. May God Bless you and Patticake!! I can't wait to hear more.
This has to be a record for the longest and most watched thread. I come back often for fear i will miss a single word! What a JOY to read all this!!
Thank you! XOXOX to you and PC!!
...Linda

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by YorkieShadow

One more Pictures papi. With this thread being so big, I dont even think you saw the other pictures. lol.But I enjoyed making them.

OMG that is so cool. I Love it!
I only saw one thing though you spelled Sabrina's nick name Bri and we spell it Bre.
I love it though.

[wemple2]

Ahhhhh...that is just breathtaking...Papi & PattiCake, what a sight for sore eyes (from all the tears shed)!!! I just love it when you "Tell Me A Story"...remember that I will always listen. Papi you are a very unique man...and I mean that in a good way. Patticake you are a very special little lady...and Kassie would be so proud to call you her baby sister. Enjoy the life that you will now share...and share that life with those of us here on YorkieTalk that have grown to not only love you, but respect you. Will await your next tale, or should I say tail...

[Papi]

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.

[Papi]

My friends sadly the Patticake train ends here, I have enjoyed the journey with each and everyone of you, thank you for chugging along with me.
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To travel on, remember it's approximately 8:30 pm. and I am returning now to New Jersey only 102 miles from Elaine's, Patticake Station, nothing in comparison to the miles Lori had under her belt, nor could I have done, a few minutes after leaving I pulled over to take Patticake out of the carrier, see how she would react, I put her in my lap, and much to my surprise, she didn't fuss and remained there for almost half the way, for what ever reason, she kept trying to get in back, she now became a safety issue, so put her back in carrier till I arrived home, the trip back wasn't very good at all, for one it was now dark, and had hoped I could have left the Patticake Station early enough to avoid driving in the dark,as Papi is numerically up there years, though no disappointment leaving later than expected, it was more time with the friends, in any event it wasn't a good move, when I got on Rt. 78 in Pensylvania, I entered it much sooner than I had coming, instantly there's a sign construction next 3 miles, mind you 78 is 3 lanes, well it's one lane now, that's all right in itself but this one lane is enclosed with high concrete very narrow wall's, just enough room for a tractor trailer to pass through, there could have been no more than a foot of play on either side, it wouldn't have seemed so narrow if it was light out as, thankfully I had just got my new prescription glasses the week befor, if I hadn't, I don't believe it would have been happy motoring for Papi, Ok, I thought it's only for 3 miles, I'll manage, true enough after 3 miles it opened up to 3 lanes, ole Papi as the trucker's say, put the pedal to the metal, hey Papi was cruising along now, uh oh what's this, after about 10 miles lo and behold another construction sign, one lane for next 2 miles, my friend's without exaggeration this was my dilemma until I was close to the Jersey part of 78, it would open to 3, down to 1 lane construction on and off the whole distance practically, it was and becoming a little more dangerous, stressful for Papi, my eyes began playing tricks on me, thinking at times I was going to swerve into the wall, I did nervously slightly over react with the steering wheel a few times, thought for sure I was going hit the wall, and all the time I'm thinking if I'm going to get my Patticake home safely, thankfully when I hit the Jersey side of Rt. 78 it was smooth and safe driving till I reached home which was some where in the area of 10:45pm or maybe 11:15pm not sure, though the trip obviously took me much longer than it should have, now the moment arrived, how was Patticake going to react, well for one she was very skiddish, resistant, didn't want to leave carrier, after some coaxing, some patience I finally got her, she was a bundle of nerves as we climbed the 2 flights of stairs to my apartment, I was feeling so terrible for her, I opened my door and when we went in, I gently set her down on my couch, took my eyes off her for a brief moment, I noticed she is beginning to widdle, I took hold of her, put her on a wee wee pad, she was so upset she just ran about aimlessly, I tried to get her to come to me but she would run and attempt to hide, I put out her water and food thinking she might go for that, be more at ease, no that didn't work either so I let her be, and decided to clean the couch where she had widdled, as I'm doing so I happen to notice a dark object in corner of couch, wasn't sure what it was but upon a closer investigation there wasn't any doubt it was poop which she must have done befor she widdled, yes indeed Patticake's first act of love was a christening of my couch, ok her couch, it was quite late now, I was exhausted, after showering I decided i would take Patticake to bed with me, seee how this would turn out, for one I thought for sure she would be crying all night or perhaps leave another gift or widdle in my bed, I put her up against my chest, and couldn't believe she didn't fuss, well my friends was I so surprised she neither cried or had any mishaps, in the morning she was still by my chest, I was just amazed after the way she acted her first night home, the first morning was even more surprising, she came to me, for whatever strange reason her fears were gone, we have been attached since, it appears we were meant to be, the Papi/Patticake saga begins.

May I sincerely thank you for the unbeliveable and amazing gift you lovingly gave to Papi by bringing me togeather with Patticake, a match made with the approval of Kassie Kisses, Patticake and I are perfect togeather, I love this precious little furball so much, I'll be forever grateful to all of you my friends, and if I may, a special thank you to Patti, Corinne, Connie, Lori, Bre for making all this possible, Elaine and Butch for hosting the Patticake Train, I'll be forever grateful, and appreciative for the love and kindness you dear friends have shown me, true I've voiced these words befor but will it ever be enough, I don't believe so.

Gratefully a humble Papi

[SophieRose]

Dear Papi and PattiCake. Thank you for the lovely story and look forward to more news. Warmly, Deborah

[wemple2]

More, more, more...I just can't seem to get enough. Papi your happiness does shine thru in your writing. Give that baby a big hug from me & Winston!!!

[Dan & Corinne]

Papi,

While reading your words, I lived through your emotions, your anticipation, the fear, the pure elation of meeting everyone, the scent of the coffee and love. I was with you when your heart ached thinking Patticake would rather be with Bre, the tention of driving in horrendous traffic, and your doubts of Patticakes happiness once you were safely home.

I laughed with you at your jokes and the christening of your sofa. My heart soared when Patticake curled up by your side as you spent your first night together as one.

I know, I will NEVER forget the marvelous Patticake Train and all who were part of bringing the train safely to it's final stop.

Now you are on a never ending voyage into the future with your precious baby!

You have made me so happy to know you are getting out and starting to explore the world with Patticake at your side! The trip to the spring water is just the beginning!

I am a little sad this tale has come to an end. There is a finality to it in one way. BUT!!! The sadness I'm feeling is so minute compared to the anticipation of your new and happy tails (yes, pun is 100% intended) to come!

I Love you so much!
Thank you for all your enchanting words!

Corinne

[LoveMyGirlz]

Thank you Papi for telling your story. It was so heartfelt hearing it from you. This story brings me to tears everytime I read an update!! I'm so incredibly touched by the entire journey.
I'm so glad that you and Patticake have bonded so quickly-a perfect match indeed!
Though this story may be at its end, I know there are many more to come from sweet Papi and his Patticake adventures!!! I look forward to stories and pictures!!
Thank you for sharing and give Patticake kisses for us!!
Love,
Trina

[Anna Banana]

How wonderful a conclusion! Papi, your words are so touching!

[Ozzie'sperson]

OH Papi --- what a LOVELY story! You have been so open and shared so much with us and it has meant the world to a whole lot of people.

I am SO glad that Patticake adjusted so readily. But, how could she NOT love the Papi? (I can tell you that my Ozzie cried ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT for a solid week when we first got him home.)

My mother has always told me that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes, I have found this to be incredibly annoying, particularly when something I may have wanted very much did not go my way. But the older I get, the more I have believed this to be true. And I have to say that from the very earliest of posts I thought Patticake was for you.

I know you had your reservations -- who wouldn't after the loss you had just endured? But ask anyone who has ever buried a faithful furry friend (Yorkie or not) and then gotten another baby to love. There is almost always that split second of doubt as to whether they should have done this, if they're honest. Ask them again in a few days, weeks or sometimes months ... you'll find there is no doubt at all!

And Papi, I hope you realize that you have not only gotten a new furbaby -- you've adopted or been adopted by hundreds, if not thousands, of YTers all over the world who have religiously watched this story unfold. Sorry, but you're stuck with us now!

This has been an exciting ride for so many of us. THANK YOU for taking us along.

But Patticake Station is only the first chapter. I hope you will allow us to continue to share in your joy and watch Patticake grow into the beautiful adult Yorkie she is destined to be.

[iloveemmy]

Please start us a new thread, just call it something simple...Days of Our Lives...or something. I have loved ready the saga of the Patticake Train. You have a wonderful way with words. Continue to keep updated (with lots of pictures) on your new adventure.

[daisy mae06]

Originally Posted by Dan & Corinne

Papi,

While reading your words, I lived through your emotions, your anticipation, the fear, the pure elation of meeting everyone, the scent of the coffee and love. I was with you when your heart ached thinking Patticake would rather be with Bre, the tention of driving in horrendous traffic, and your doubts of Patticakes happiness once you were safely home.

I laughed with you at your jokes and the christening of your sofa. My heart soared when Patticake curled up by your side as you spent your first night together as one.

I know, I will NEVER forget the marvelous Patticake Train and all who were part of bringing the train safely to it's final stop.

Now you are on a never ending voyage into the future with your precious baby!

You have made me so happy to know you are getting out and starting to explore the world with Patticake at your side! The trip to the spring water is just the beginning!

I am a little sad this tale has come to an end. There is a finality to it in one way. BUT!!! The sadness I'm feeling is so minute compared to the anticipation of your new and happy tails (yes, pun is 100% intended) to come!

I Love you so much!
Thank you for all your enchanting words!

Corinne

Corrine you take the words out of my mouth


Papi thank you for your sweet words you are a very sweet, loving, and kind man and we love you. Give Patti Cake a big hug and kiss for Bre and I.