She's not against crying, she's against Things Happening to Stuffed Animals. Which it does not.

Well, I'd prefer not to cry, but as long as Things Don't Happen to Stuffed Animals, I'm okay.

Hah. On a similar theme, can friends/people in my office please stop giving me dead dog books? I think I've got like three stuffed in my desk drawer. I'm not going to read them, okay? Not any time soon and quite possibly not at all.

can friends/people in my office please stop giving me dead dog books?

Do they keep giving you Sounder? What's the thought process behind that?

Where the Red Fern Grows?

Just thinking about it makes me cry.

Jilli, go for it. Clovis would approve.

Oh, that was a PERFECT Calvin & Hobbes story. Just perfect.

(((brenda)))

I did not cry. I suspect my heart is three sizes too small today.

Mine too! YAY GRINCHNESS

I just had someone I don't think I know comment in my DW that it made her cry.

Progressive is offering me the cheapest quote, but they're underwritten by Homesite, and I'm seeing a lot of complaints about them.

Why is being an adult so difficult?

Because if it were easy kids would do it.

I've had Progressive for my auto insurance for several years and did have their renters insurance last year until it lapsed and I didn't bother renewing it. I probably should contact them and get myself insured again.

you and I must make a pact

stuck in my head b/c of this story..

A family that adopted an older boy (I think a 10 yo) from Ethiopia is traveling back in a few months to get an 11 yo. The boys were in the same orphanage (not the orphanage mac was in, one run by Ethiopian nuns that my agency works with to place older kids) and were best friends. The boys made a pact that if one was adopted and if he felt that the family was a good family, he would try to convince them to go adopt the other one. Almost a year has gone by and the adopted boy only recently told his family about the pact, he has deemed them a good family.