This is Fruitycake. Many things find their ways in here, in my house. Spiders, many spiders, ants, scorpions, just to name a few.
We always take them back outside. Because although we don’t want to live with them, we want them to live.
But I don’t want excuses to live. And they try to find their way in here too. But they take it a step further and try to get inside our minds.
Like today, when me and Girl Person are supposed to go to language school. The excuses for today are it is supposed to rain, we are very tired, and we have to many other things to do. But we are taking those excuses back outside.
We need to go and learn. We need to get better at Italian. We don’t have time for excuses.
Sometimes, excuses try to even get us thru others. Yesterday, someone told Girl Person that they didn’t want things to change. They said that it was better with Brickle and Digby and the RV.
And that life changing was sad. And they wouldn’t read this anymore.
Well, we miss the old days too.
But we can’t use that as an excuse not to live now. If my persons did that, I wouldn’t get to live at all.
Instead of finding excuses today, find reasons to live. And throw those excuses out the window.
–Fruitycake
I don’t understand how someone would just say it was better with Brickle and Digby, as though you could get them back. Did they think you just willed them out of your lives? That losing them was way more heartbreaking for you than it was for your followers? How insensitive can someone get? I remember the day GP told us Digby had died. Seeing her in such pain, and even feeling the loss myself, although I know it was as great a loss to me as it was to her, I cried, too. I was sitting in my living room as Geek Squad members installed my new smart tv that I’d given myself for Christmas. They saw me crying and asked what was wrong. I told them that I followed a page called 2 Traveling dogs, and I just read the post saying one of the two dogs has passed away. I said it might seem silly to some people that I’m crying over a dog that wasn’t mine, and that I’d never even met, but I’d gotten to know and love this little family over the course of several years. My mom, who passed Memorial Day week of 2020, loved the daily blogs written in “Digby’s voice.” She laughed at his exploits, and often commented on what a great adventure they were on as they traveled around the country. But we all knew Digby was sick, and that his pancreas was not going to last. When Brickle made it to Italy, I was actually surprised he’d made it that far. It was as though he willed himself to make that final journey. That in itself tells me that the changes, while obviously somewhat daunting, will turn out to be a triumph. How can I possibly stop following now, with all the new stuff going on? I guess some people just think everything should always stay the same. How dull a life is that?
Just remember that those negative comments are truly about the person who made them, and not about you. It’s easy to snipe from the sidelines. Keep doing what you do.
It’s sad that people can’t accept change. It’s life and what a journey. I have enjoyed getting to know Fruitycake, watching all the improvements you two have made and following you as you try to make a wonderful life for yourselves and others.
I am tired of people making negative comments about you three wonderful souls. If they can’t support your mission, they need to keep quiet.
I am truly sorry that some people have decided not to follow you anymore because you have changed. Change, sometimes it’s for the best. I never thought that I would ever leave my Chicago home but when some members of my family objected to my being gay, I decided why put up with this and a dear friend told me to come to California and she would help me. She and her family provided me a place to stay and storage of my stuff. So I went and it was the best decision! I truly believe it saved my life. Change is difficult, but once through the chaos, there’s a peace that you made the right decision.