BEWARE!!!???

This page is more of a personal page but I feel there are some breeders who may benefit from it or at least be curious. This is in reference to another breeder who has posted a very slanderous page about me and I felt I should make some sort of response. I will not mention her name or her site since my parents raised me to have morales and I do not intentionally hurt others. Anyone knowing of this incident will know the other party, anyone not knowing of this incident does not need to be dragged into it.

First of all, P, I am very sorry that you have been so affected by this incident and hope you will be able to come to terms with it. I do pray for you. Being an optimist by nature I have chosen to find the good in this situation for my own well being. And in doing so I have to thank you for the page you added about me on your site. It is not how I would like to be classified but you have sent numerous people to my site by listing my name and rabbitry. For that I truly thank you as the increase in traffic is great!

I also want to apologize to the group for all the drama that was involved about this several months ago. Being in bad health, I do not need that sort of drama in my life and never intend for others to have to be exposed to it either. We all have too much stress in our lives as it is. I had thought seriously about getting out of the bunny business since this was not good for my health but have decided that I will not let anyone chase me off from my bunnies. My physical problems started 5 years ago at age 40 and I am still trying to adjust to not being able to work outside my home or do the things I used to enjoy (like holding my grandson.) I can barely go to the store alone to grocery shop. It is VERY depressing and will take me time to adjust since I recently found out that there is nothing that can be done about my condition. On top of not being able to work, being in pain constantly, watching my body deteriorate, the huge difference in income and trying to make ends meet, I also have 3 sons in the military. My oldest is in Iraq on his second tour. Aside from adjusting to them not being home I also have to worry about my son's safety daily and have no way to protect him. That is the most devastating thing for a parent I think. But my bunnies have been my saving grace. I have thanked God repeatedly for bringing them into my life when He did. They keep me busy and sane. I can not do much anymore but for now I can take care of them and that really helps with the empty nest syndrome as well as helping me feel productive and giving me something positive to do. I have had a hard life, the physical problems I am suffering now are the result of injuries I suffered years ago from an extremely abusive X-husband and for someone to try to 'run me out of business' because of a picture is just so sad, hurtful and just unbelievable. My bunnies are all I have at this point in time and I WILL NOT give them up for anyone, God willing!

This has been such a hard time for me that there literally are days that the ONLY reason I get out of bed and go on with my life are my animals. I cherish my babies and the friends I have made because of them and would never do anything intentionally to jeapordize either of them. I do not believe I have ever used any picture without permission and/or giving due acknowledgment, at least not intentionally if I have. I am, however, only human and if I have done this to ANYONE I sincerely apologize and will be more careful in the future. I do not know why this other breeder is so argumentive and inflaming with so many other people. It is not my position to judge her. But I do hope that for her own wellbeing she will find peace and happiness. I wish her nothing but luck and I hope one day she will be able to put this behind her.

This is the only place I intend to discussing this and will not talk about it on groups or any public forum as that will just make her feel more threatened. I had thought this topic was over until I was told about her page about me just yesterday (3-22-08) by a really sweet friend and decided I had better look at the site and see for myself. If anyone has any comments please email me privately. This is my personal site and NOONE has the right or permission to reproduce it in portion or entirety. Please respect my wishes on this as I do not want to cause a scene on this issue. I just wanted to give my thoughts on something I never wanted to be involved in in the first place.

One last note. I will be leaving most of the lionhead groups as I do not feel welcome since this incident has occured and so many hurtful things were said against me in her site.  P, is more active with the lionheads since she is able to go to shows. she is more knowlegdable and can contribute more than I can. Maybe this will be better for all involved. I deeply cherish the friends I have made and thank each one of you that have stayed true and not 'condemned' me from things said about me.

Sincerely, Cher

Ooops!  Almost forgot.  The original pic is on my old laptop that crashed in August of '07.  I have not had the extra money to take it in to have it repaired.  BUt hopefully soon I will be able to and if for some reason it is not repairable, the man I bought it from says he should be able to retrieve the pics for me as long as the hard drive was not damaged.  I could have settled this matter easly enough with that but when you are on a fixed income like I am anything extra like that is hard to afford.  When I am able to get the orginal I will post it to my site.  I emailed several of you and requested your site info because I had lost all my 'favorites' because of this too, I am sure some of you may remember that.