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Here is what Checkers has to say...

A message from Mama

This is Nancy, Checkers' mama. I just want to take this day of Thanksgiving to tell all of you, Checkers' pals and the parents, how much you mean to me.

This is my first holiday without Checks and I am missing him greatly. With the help of you, I am doing well. I will always be grateful for your words of encouragement and expressions of love.

Thank you for giving me a reason to be happy today!

xoxo

Bad To the Bone

My copy of "Bad to the Bone" by my pal Bo Hoefinger came in the mail today. Mama can't wait to open it and read it!

The mailman asked about me...

This morning mama needed to catch the mailman to send grandma a birthday card. She missed him at our house but heard him down the street. She went outside to look for him but he was driving away. Then she saw him stop--a neighbor was getting a package! Mama walked down the street to give him her mail. She saw it was the mailman who delivered all my Christmas cards and packages and birthday cards and packages to me. Just as mama was going to tell him about me, he asked "How is Checkers?" Oh boy, there came the tears. Mama told him that I had passed away in July. He said that he was sorry to hear that I died and he had been wondering because he hadn't seen me. Mama tried to compose herself but didn't succeed too well.

As the mailman climbed back into his truck he said that he was very sorry. And he said he knew that I had lived a wonderful life--I had to because I received more cards in one year than he has his entire life! So thank you, all of my friends, who have made my life so special. Without you my life would have been empty.

I will continue to watch over all my pals through the good times and the bad. Love to you all!

xoxo ~ Checkers