I just wanted to send you a much deserved thank you. I know Nina has kept in contact with you regarding our hope to purchase another cozy kitten, but I just wanted to thank you for little Lucy (formerly Farrah) and let you know what a joy she has been. As Nina mentioned, I have recently been dealing with considerable medical issues and am now being retired from active duty military service and transferred to DAV (Disabled American Veteran) status. Currently I am in Germany wrapping up some administrative issues while outprocessing from the Active Army, while Nina has had to relocate to AZ for other military training.

It was hard saying goodbye to my good friend and then dealing with these medical issues. I honestly don't know if I could have made it through everything I have had to deal with, deployment, injury, medical retirement, were it not for the comfort and solace tiny Lucy has provided. It's almost beyond belief that one such small creature could be such a tremendous comfort and source of unconditional affection. My great affection for animals has always been what it is, but the comfort Lucy has brought to me is almost beyond words. I tear up even as I write this, thinking of how hard it has been. She is so tiny and loving, yet her presence roaming the rooms of my apartment and chasing back and forth and playing as she so often does - is monumental.

The night she was taken in to be spayed and had to stay at the Vet Clinic to recover showed me just how transforming her presence has been and the void her absence leaves. Surely, it is well known that animals can provide for a sick person restorative powers beyond what pills and doctor's visits can ever accomplish - and this is how Lucy helped his disabled vet begin the long healing process - even down to the silly hijinx she pulls while just playing with my walking cane.

I know there are big important jobs and politicians and world leaders that hog the public's attention and admiration, but what you do in your own little corner of the globe is, to me, really God's work - multiplying the blessings of his creatures for all the world to share in. For what she has given me, I have vowed to always take the very best care of her and will share her joy and peace with other ill people by enrolling her as a Red Cross Therapy Animal when I return to the United States. In this way your work and her blessings will continue to multiply for even more to share in.

I just wanted to thank you and let you know she is one of my greatest treasures.