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Post by Seaknife on Jul 23, 2008 10:08:52 GMT -5
This is Emmett & you can read his story on the website. I have posted this for Wallcandy as her computer is currently out of commission. This is Emmett's roommate Buttons. (notice i did not say friend)
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Post by Seaknife on Sept 8, 2008 21:49:51 GMT -5
Will the Real Emmett just ….Blink??
I found this photo deep in a drawer and began to think back to how old my little friend really is. The date on the photo is July 27, 2000. I calculated that by then Emmett was already an old man. I’ll never forget when Heidi gave him to me for my birthday. Yes, I love all animals but what possessed her to give me a live rabbit?! As I took hold of him I experienced that moment when you loose your breath and your heart all at the same time. I had never felt anything as soft as his fur. He was so small and those eyes seemed way too big. He squirmed and struggled to be free but I held him under my chin and felt the rapid heartbeat slowly calm down. Heidi said that she remembered when we had been a gift shop and upon finding a rabbit figurine I commented that it would be great to have a pet rabbit. I still do not remember that event but I’m really glad she did! The pet shop had told her it was a female rabbit so I began to think of names. The name Emma kept coming into my head and I could not seem to place why of think of any other name. So the rabbit became Emma, at least until the vet determined it was indeed a BOY! Well Emma became Emmett Kelly. He was a real clown and at the time I was a collector of clowns. It made perfect sense. Oh, and one day I realized where the name Emma had come from. I had been to an art exhibit and fallen in love with a watercolor painting of a white spotted rabbit named “Emma”. My husband was enraged at the idea of a rabbit in the house. A week later an acquaintance made a stupid comment about “eating it” and he flew to the rabbits defense. Emmett was now a member of the family. He endured the presence of numerous cats and was never any trouble. When I look back now I realize I didn’t give him enough attention. But Emmett thrived and forgave until the day our world exploded around us. I left my husband and my friend Emmett behind and moved into my mother’s house. I had to survive breast cancer and I was overwhelmed with depression. My career was gone (I worked for my husband) My security was gone. My health was gone. I finally convinced my mother to allow Emmett to join me. I needed him desperately. We stayed together for months until the chemotherapy and radiation treatments were completed. An elder mother can hardly adjust to the intrusion of a mature daughter and her pet rabbit. We had to go. Emmett and I took up residence in a twenty-seven foot camper trailer in a park nearby. Space was small and Emmett had the best spot on the dining table by the big sunny window. It was a very entertaining year of heat, ice storms, and oceans of tears and hugs. Our exercise was pacing and hoping the six feet of space between the bed and the bathroom. Many times I held him under my chin and felt that rapid heartbeat that I love so much. We now have a good life together in a three-room house! There is plenty of room for his cage right beside my bed and In front of a big window. His age of almost fourteen years is beginning to show. His fur is still soft as talcum powder but it sheds constantly and looks a little patchy. Emmett is smaller, slower and a little irritable. He still makes me laugh when he yawns, rolls over and kicks. A year ago he got a new friend, “Buttons”. I had hoped they would share company but they only fought. Buttons, a seven year old male, was someone’s classroom project. When the students moved on he became abandoned at the vet’s office and he had testicular cancer. Can one cancer survivor reject another? Hardly, I love to hold Buttons under my chin and feel his rapid heartbeat. It is this rhythm of life and love that sustains us though our trials. Thank you Emmett, Thank You Buttons, Thank You God Love, Debbie Womack
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Post by jessica ♥ chinchillas on Oct 11, 2008 5:56:28 GMT -5
This is a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. We need more stories like this!
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