This is Fruitycake. It occurred to me this morning that you may be tired of hearing from just me. A channel with Fruitycake 24 hours a day. Fruitycake all the time. Fruitycake overload.
No one can just eat cake and be their best. Sure. A cake can just eat cake and be her best. But I’m a dog. You’re a person. Maybe I’m just too much all the time. But I hope that I’m not. I just have my doubts. You know?
I don’t have the self confidence that Brickle had. Brickle had it from day one. He knew he deserved to be loved and to have a home. He knew he had a higher purpose. He knew he could do anything. He said he never grew into his looks because that was impossible. It was not achievable. But that was his only shortcoming. Besides his corndog tail.
I also don’t have the communication abilities that Digby had to get dinner. Lunch. Breakfast. Pancakes. I heard his howl could break the sound barrier. He was especially special.
I heard his howl was timeless. And that’s true. When I watch videos, I’m in awe. I can mumble and grumble all day long. But I’m often misunderstood. I’m often ran from.
What I am saying is that my self confidence is lacking lately. I’m not sure what my job is. I’m not sure whether to be happy. Sad. Supportive. Encouraging. Or just there.
Have you ever felt like that? Like you didn’t know where you fit in? We can feel like that at any age, I’m sure. Walking around with no direction.
I don’t know what the future holds. But I do know that I’ll keep trying. I’ll keep trying to build my confidence to write the blog for you. I know that I don’t have the travel experience that Brickle had. Or Digby. But I have a lot of love. And that love can take me places too. And hopefully, we will have a long, long journey. Together.
–Fruitycake
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Ohhh goddd dearest friends, we love each of you so much… we’ve been very guilty of not putting a ‘like’ for you… maybe that is because we don’t just ‘like’ you… we love you… we are with you a trillion percent. Will hope to have even a small donation to you sometime soon. Forgive us being with limited funds…. if only our love, affections and appreciation for each of you could translate into golden funds… but until that little miracle takes place, please please know how much each of you means to our gang here… (we lost seven of our rescue darlings last year.. heartache over and over… we are happy they are no longer suffering, but ohhhh so much heart pain!!)… We are grateful for you and thank you for being such beautiful souls in this dark world…
You are wonderful, Fruitcake! You just keep being you. You are not replacing Brickle or Digby you are a loving addition to the family. They need you just as much as you need them. You are a wonderful author. We love hearing from you.
Looking forward to our long journey, together Fruitycake. Everything is possible with love, right? I think so because, love never dies, it is forever and ever. We just need to hold tight to all the love that surrounds us and, you Fruitcake have so much, all around you.