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I'm so glad you decided to keep them. It's a decision I'm sure you will never regret making. As far as the family saying what they did, only a true animal lover who truly appreciates what an animal has to offer us could understand why you'd keep them.
My husband and I are both disabled, plus we both suffer from severe depression, and he is going blind from his diabetes. We have 5 dogs, and 3 cats, (one is very recent purchase from one of my neighbors which my hubby cried about, and said he's worth every penny). I have a post on the Feral, Caring for Strays, Forum called "How to get a feral cat to warm up to a new cat" that tells the story about how the purchase came about and why it was necessary to start with, etc., if you're interested in reading it.
The thing is they (Every one of them) are the only reasons that we get out of the bed some mornings. To us they are our service animals. No, they don't have the little service vests, or any of the fancy things that the "official" service animals have, but they provide such a huge service to us, offer us so much unconditional love, and make our lives so much happier. When my husband and I talk to each other the conversation usually goes like, "You'll never guess what that silly cat did this morning," or "You've got to come here and look at "name of whichever one is doing something silly at the time" he's in here slapping the dogs tail around like a ping pong ball, etc. Only a true animal lover could understand where we are coming from, and why we have the animals we have when we hurt so badly that it's difficult to walk most days. I wouldn't trade, a single one for anything because without our fur babies life is just not a happy life.
So yes, congratulations on your 3 new additions to your family, and it's a decision I'm sure you'll never regret.
My husband and I are both disabled, plus we both suffer from severe depression, and he is going blind from his diabetes. We have 5 dogs, and 3 cats, (one is very recent purchase from one of my neighbors which my hubby cried about, and said he's worth every penny). I have a post on the Feral, Caring for Strays, Forum called "How to get a feral cat to warm up to a new cat" that tells the story about how the purchase came about and why it was necessary to start with, etc., if you're interested in reading it.
The thing is they (Every one of them) are the only reasons that we get out of the bed some mornings. To us they are our service animals. No, they don't have the little service vests, or any of the fancy things that the "official" service animals have, but they provide such a huge service to us, offer us so much unconditional love, and make our lives so much happier. When my husband and I talk to each other the conversation usually goes like, "You'll never guess what that silly cat did this morning," or "You've got to come here and look at "name of whichever one is doing something silly at the time" he's in here slapping the dogs tail around like a ping pong ball, etc. Only a true animal lover could understand where we are coming from, and why we have the animals we have when we hurt so badly that it's difficult to walk most days. I wouldn't trade, a single one for anything because without our fur babies life is just not a happy life.
So yes, congratulations on your 3 new additions to your family, and it's a decision I'm sure you'll never regret.
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