A LETTER FROM CHANEL
"HI love my new home! You definitely made the right decision, I absolutely adore my new mom!  She needs almost as much attention from me as I do from her, so we're a  great match. Most days,  she stays home and does homework. If she's not  paying enough attention to  me, I like to go flop down on her books, so she can't work, but she doesn't  seem to mind, and always takes a break to pet me.  Most of the time, though,  I just curl up in her lap, or sleep on the table  where she's working, to keep her company. My favorite time is early in the morning before anyone else gets up. My mom feeds me, makes herself some coffee, then combs and brushes me FOREVER while  I'm eating or just walking around purring. It is heavenly! Then we always  take a half hour or so to talk and play with my  favorite toy (Bloomingdale's  bag handle, of course). I am enjoying my new food (Hill's Light) and seem to  like it better than my hairball stuff. I also like Fancy Feast, but for some reason, I don't seem to enjoy the fish dishes as much as the chicken,  liver, etc. Hmmm....maybe  it'll pass.  Late at night, after my mom is in bed, George likes me to lie with him while he watches TV. He has a very stressful job, and seems to relax a lot when he  pets me. I relax around him, too. I love George.  Then, when he goes to bed, I sleep with my mom and him. Nik (the roommate) is moving soon, but he loves to  pet me, too, and consequently, I like him a lot. My favorite pastime (besides napping) is looking out the windows. I also  have a "friend" (well, we're kind of hissing buddies  right now, but I think we're warming up to each other), who likes to walk around in the back yard.  The only thing that scares me here is the vacuum on  Mondays when the maids come. But, I have burrowed out a secret hiding  place inside the lining of my  mom's boxspring, so it doesn't bother me too much.  All in all things are fantastic! Thanks for being a great foster mom and  finding me a perfect home.  Love, Chanel

"Here are pictures of Spike and Tyke.  I adopted them in January.  Look how they have grown! When Lisa brought them to my house, there wasn't time to hear the story of how they were found.  Could you take a moment to send a return e-mail and tell me about it? Thank you for being there to save these precious animals.  You are doing a wonderful service to the community.  In my case, you helped to mend a broken heart to boot!  I had just lost my dear companion of 18 years, Bingo.  I saw these "twins" at Shenandoah and knew we needed one another.  God bless you and your volunteers."