A great big thank you to the universe, a great big thank you to everyone who called this morning, and a great big thank you to you, because the love and support you all sent in our direction last night has borne fruit!
The Girls have a new home! Not only that, they are to remain together, and will have a new purpose in life because Mr. P. needs their companionship.
They will remain with me this coming week and we’ll all go over to his house when I return from a three-day retreat next weekend.
I’m in tears with gratitude – and relief. I’m determined not to be sad but to make our farewell week a time of joy and a million photographs.
The Wanderlust Gene 
Wonderful!
You understand 🙂
I saw this pop up in my e-mail and my heart jumped with joy! So happy for you M!
You can imagine, right? Thanks Angeline 🙂
I am so relieved – that they are staying together & that it is a ‘good’ home. And for you 🙂 Another stop on the coming-closer road. My thoughts are with you. Hug.
Ah, Keira – it’s like a dream I didn’t dare dream. 🙂
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fantastic! so happy for all three of you 🙂
Yes, all three of us Christine – what a fantastic outcome! 🙂
how wonderful, for you and especially for the girls…
They deserve the luck – but my gratitude is boundless 🙂
And the load on your shoulders suddenly lightens. How great! z
You can say that again! It feels like a release and all of a sudden I’m feeling much more anticipatory … 🙂
What wonderful news! I am so happy for you and your girls. They will both care and be cared for. It was meant to be. 🙂
That’s what i liked most about the Mr. P situation too, John. 🙂
That’s great news….. the power of advertising(!) It sounds like a good match with Mr P.
Yes, I think it’s a very good match. Even though the woman just up the street, with her male beagle and huge garden was so insistent about her ‘credentials’, I really think they’ll be better off with Mr. P, who needs them.
What a huge relief Meredith! So happy for you and the girls 🙂
Thank you Madhu, I appreciaet it. Yesterday was a real roller coaster of a day, emotionally, but happiness wins through and I feel as though something wonderful is around the bed.
What a wonderful gift for Mr P. He’s a very lucky man. I’m so pleased you are able to leave Sri Lanka with your mind free of this concern, and say a happy-sad farewell to The Girls 🙂
It’s like a benediction – I’m sure there’ll be tears when the time comes, but I’m so glad about this positive outcome that I’m sure my relief will make it a mostly happy farewell.
Thanks, EllaDee – it’s so reassuring to know others understand one’s predicament – especially when it’s been the stone around my neck for such a long time.
OH that’s good news, Meredith. I am so pleased for all of you 🙂
Me too – particularly for Mr P – he’s in for such a wonderful time 🙂
Hooray – it’s been such a worry for you. A wonderful solution all round.
Thank you Viv – you’re right, the worry has been dragging me down for several months! What I need to do next week is begin the big cull of all the other things that drag me down or encumber me – I want to go forward without all that ‘stuff’. 🙂
What a relief, not just for you, but for all of us who have learned to love your girls. Very bittersweet though for you, but your main feeling has to be a good one that they are staying together and with someone who needs them. So pleased for you all.
Thanks roughseas – you’ve got it in one. 🙂
What wonderful news Meredith! Had I been based out of Sri Lanka I would surely have adopted the girls myself… so glad to know that they will be transferred to another loving home. 🙂
I’ve been absolutely bowled over by the offers of help – sure, most of the callers just wanted a free dog, but dozens of people called because they couldn’t bear the thought of the dogs being homeless. Isn’t it great!
I am so happy for them and you! And I wish Mr. P many happy years of companionship and pleasant adventures with them.
Maggie says she’s not sure yet what I’m talking about and Little Miss keeps saying “stop being so lovey dovey”, but on their behalf, i thank you, because it is the best of good news and just wonderful that they will be useful and can make another person’s life more joyous.
It is so good when it works out in such a wonderful way.
Scott
Thank you Scott – yes, it is fantastic when things work out well and you don’t have to worry any more 🙂
Goody goody gumdrops! Have you seen the following? too funny …
Oh dear – only in England (or Ireland) 🙂
That’s wonderful Meredith! Talk about Win-Win! It sounds like everyone wins – and the Girls get to stay together. Yay! ~Terri
Yes, it is win win – the second best thing to us being together forever! I’m really excited for them and love the idea they’re going to bring joy to someone’s life.
I’m so happy for you and your girls! What a wonderful relief. Girls will be loved! Thank you for letting us know.
I’m happy for you, the girls and Mr. P. What a relief.
I appreciate that, Lynne – yes, a huge relief – I’m still feeling lightheaded!
This is wonderful news! I’m so pleased for you. I know it will be difficult to say goodbye but at least you will know they are together and well taken care of.
I’m sure I’ll be ‘gutted’ when the time comes, but for now I’m filled with such joy for them (and relief for me) that it’s hard to imagine there’ll be tears – so I won’t think about that just yet! For now I’ve got five days to love them to pieces without the worry, and that’s just fabulous, because that worry has been hanging like a big black cloud over our lives these last few months.
I’m also looking forward to being able to look forward to the move full stop. 🙂
Ok I was reading your posts in reverse order and now see that your babies have a new home! So happy!!!!
Isn’t it wonderful? Such a relief I’m over the moon, really.
Yes they are your babies. I am sure you will miss them but it is wonderful that they have a new home and will be together and loved!
Dear Meredith,
I am so happy for you and the girls and Mr. P! He will fall in love with them, just like we all did!
Thank you, Naomi. The relief is extraordinary, I must say, added to which is something strange really – I’m so happy for them, and excited for them to be having this new family to love and be a part of.
My heart is glad and is with you and your girls this week.
Fabulous news for you and your girls, now you can go with a lighter heart
It’s second best to being able to take them with me – just wonderful.
Awesome news…and they get to stay together…doesn’t get much better than that…thanks for keeping us informed…what an answer to our prayers…be encouraged!
So pleased your girls are staying together. It will help ease the sadness of the goodbye.
Meredith, I am so happy for you and how wonderful the girls get to stay together. Moving is never easy but at least you are now able to approach it with a lighter load. Best wishes to you all, and to Mr P!
I am so pleased that your beloved girls get to stay together, what a relief for you! I’m sure the rest of your move will be met with a much better frame of mind now 😀
That’s wonderful news..
Parting from the girls will be awful but you’ll manage by knowing what a good home you’ve found for them and how well they’ll be looked after. Then it’s time to pack the bags and start the wandering again. xx Hugs
You’re right, David – in fact I already feel as though the worst is over, certainly I feel different about going, and knowing they’ll bring joy to a lonely person’s life is a real bonus.
My very best wishes for more rides for Ju – as much joy as you can all muster at this awful time.
I missed this post and was so happy to see reference to it in your most recent one — have been thinking about the girls as your departure date approached and hoping that things would work out!
It’s wonderful that they have found a rewarding home, and can stay together. 🙂