This is Fruitycake. Numbers. Persons love them. They use numbers to call each other. Or to see how much they have or don’t have. They use them to measure all kinds of things.
Even themselves.
Brickle taught me about numbers too.
The question he got asked the most was how old he was. Here in this Italy place, when you speak about your age, you say you “have” so many years. That is what you carry.
But numbers are not always important. No. They really are not.
In fact, when you have a friend, a true friend, a number isn’t what that friendship should be based on.
But persons just can’t look past it most of the time. And that’s really a shame. Because they are missing out on a lot.
A number of years is just one small part of who each of us are.
There is so much more to us. And I have found so far in my life that the best friends are ones who are no number. Not a number. The best number.
What are we looking for in a friend? Good conversation or barking? Empathy or barking? Yeah. I’m just looking for barking.
But try to make a new friend based on qualities and not numbers today. Ask someone a question and start a conversation. Give someone with more years an opportunity to be a friend. A true friend.
Look beyond what’s expected in this world to see others for who they truly are. And then watch your life grow too.
–Fruitycake
This is Girl Person. The last year of my life has taught me that I’m definitely not as strong as I thought. Physically, I was beyond my breaking point. Taking care of a senior Q dog is not for the weak! But when Brickle passed, he not only took part of me with him, but he taught me a huge lesson. Don’t plan too far ahead. Because you won’t be able to enjoy the now.
The now. Our now has been filled with survival!
Just the basics like getting water and solar power, getting groceries and learning a new language has brought me to my knees many times. But in the midst of all the chaos, I keep recalling what Brickle taught me. Don’t plan too far ahead. Evaluate life decisions one at a time.
And that’s how I decided to approach the blog now.
After Fruitycake and I finally got back into a routine, and our relationship grew, and I got to learn more about him, I realized his voice had not been heard enough. I HAD to take care of Brickle. And I wanted to. And I’ll never regret it.
But the reality is, Fruitcake didn’t get all he needed. And now is the time to hear his voice.
Which is why I felt absolutely compelled to take the blog from five days a week to seven days a week. I felt there were people who needed us every day. Those who may not have friends or family and feel more alone on the weekends.
Those who just want to read something other than bad news. And those who may have not read our blog at all since we started it. So seven days a week for now it is!
But we are also taking it as a month by month commitment. I can’t pretend it isn’t costly for us to produce it every day without sponsors. It is.
So if you feel compelled to tip here and there, we appreciate it. We also appreciate being able to put food on our table. Yes. We have a table now!
Month by month. So here is our drive for February. All tips for the remainder of the month go to supplies like necessities and groceries to be able to provide the blog and content and sharing of animal rescues on our pages. Content creators and writers all make their living thru their audience. And we think of our audience as friends. We never ever want anyone to give when they can’t. Or don’t want to. But if you think what we do and will do for February and 2025 is important, we thank you! https://tinyurl.com/Fruitycakeblog
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