This is Brickle. Have you ever had to show someone the ropes? Where were you climbing to? I haven’t had to do that. But I did have to show Fruitycake what travel was like yesterday. He was not quite sure what was happening. And as tough as I am, a soft spot opened up in my heart for him. Because he thought we were going back to the shelter jail.
And I felt so bad that I HAD to tell him we weren’t going there. I told him I didn’t know where we WERE going. But he didn’t have to worry.
I’m not sure Fruitycake believed me though or maybe he just didn’t understand. The only car rides he had ever taken were not fun. Except for that freedom ride.
For the first hour of our trip, Fruitycake tried to relax. He tried to believe me. But all he could do was to keep staring at the persons. He was scared. I know how it is to be scared. And that’s not fun. I wanted this trip to be fun. So I suggested to the persons that we stop and take a break. I suggested we get out of the truck and get back in so that Fruitycake would know he would be with us forever once we got back in the truck. But first, Girl Person pulled out something special from her backpack. She had made us special fruitcake for our trip! Just for us!
Fruitycake didn’t hesitate to eat that cake, to get a drink of water and to get back in our air conditioned truck. He immediately relaxed. He went to sleep. We even cuddled in the back seat. And all was good again for Fruitycake.
We had a long, long drive to this Key Largo, Florida place. We sure did. But we’ve never been here all together before. It’s nice to go somewhere without memories to make us sad and happy and happy and sad. We miss Digby so much. I miss how we had a history together and understood each other. But now it’s my job to make sure Fruity knows we are a family. That will be a piece of cake.
If you can reassure someone today, do it. Be nice even if it’s hard. Because some day, you may be that someone who needs a piece of fruitcake too.
–Peanut Butter Brickle
