by Jerri Palmer
Hi, my name is Jerri Palmer, and I would like to write this little tribute to my little ferret, Precious, who died on 10-25-98 in a horrible car accident. She meant so much to me. I remember the day I brought her home; she was the smallest of the litter. I remember holding her in my hand, and I knew right then and there I had to have her. So I brought her home, and started to feed her by hand until she was old enough to eat on her own. She went everywhere I went. As she begin to grow, I bought her a new cage, water bottles, and food dishes. As the months went by, she grew into a beautiful ferret, weight 1 pound and 0 oz. She was big for a female ferret, it was suggested to me that I enter her in the ferret show in Dimondale, Michigan. So on 10-25-98, a friend, Cheryl, my daughter Amber and I headed to Dimondale, Michigan, once we got there, the judging was already underway, so I could not register her, but she was still the favorite of all the judges, when the other ferrets bit and nipped at the judges, Precious just gave kisses. When it was time for us to leave, it was about 1:30, we were very tired, my daughter was in the backseat sleeping, I was driving, and my friend, Cheryl was on the passenger seat. It took us an hour and a half to find US23, the highway that would take us home. We got to Brighton, Michigan, just before the viaduct, and I had to pull over to the side of the road. My friend, and I had no sooner got to sleep, then I felt myself hit the steering wheel, I remember looking behind me and seeing the back end of my car in flames. My first thought was Oh my god. My daughter had curled in between Cheryl and I. Then the passenger side door opened, and a man in military attire got got my daughter, and Cheryl to safety, then he came back to me, and helped me get to safety, no sooner did they get me to safety, the car blew up, my little Precious died in the car. When my little ferret died, a part of me died along with her. I wrote this in tribute to my little ferret, Precious.
Thank You, Jerri Palmer
To our little Precious, we miss you and love you very much. We think about you all the time. You are in our hearts and minds, and we will not forget how you were so abruptly taken from us, on the fateful night of October. We love you.
Jerri(Mommy), Amber(Sissy), Michael(Brother), and Cheryl(Sissy)