*THE ABRIDGED VERSION*

May we please have one moment of silence upon our arrival? - Neko on February 23, 1999 at 14:14:03 from 38.227.237.2:

Though this train is powered by love and by joy, and the pumping engine is more of a pumping heart, and though we could shake the rails lose fromt he tracks with ou dancing and singing, my crew and I would like to request a moment of silence before we continue with the festivities.

For this train was sped on at the news of the sad departure of some dear friends, and her dedicated crew has suffered losses along our journey, as short as it was. Building these tracks was a labour of love, and I would not detract one iota of joy from that, but let us embrace the lives that have left us as we embrace each other now upon our arrival.

For Mr. Fluffy

For Biffy

For Kelli

For Critter

For Cat Slave's Father

For Alexander

For any others whose names I have missed, who have cheered along this train, watched from the windows and smiled as it sped along its tracks.

Give us a cry of the engine whistle for each

and then let the train engine cool to quiet, so we may rest in joy and love at the place we have longed to be.

And THEN let us continue our celebrations. We are all together, and that is a great an unstoppable joy.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE! memory plaque for all! - cat slave entertainment coordinator on February 23, 1999 at 15:12:19




This is a memory plaque for everyone that participated in the Hearts ABoard Express. Most of you from the train will recognize the items on the placque. The train is our very own HeartsABoard Express, the mask is from the Mardi Gras party (Krewe Purrus), the cowboy hat is from the FlyingFur Dude Ranch, The circus tent is from our visit to the circus just last night! The titmouse is the tits that kept coming up when you least expected it and the Cheezy puffs...well...you will have to read the HeartsABoard Express Bulletin Board to find out about the Cheezy Puffs...many of us will never be the same because of those cheezy puffs!
This was the most fun I have had in a long time, thank you all for playing along with the antics and for being so creative on the train.
We love you, Jeff and Diane...this is all for you...

And that is the story of our incredible train ride. An adventure of love for two special people, but ultimately a story of love shared by an entire group of people who have never met, but who came together to give their love away and who found that it came back to them tenfold.

Thanks to all of you who made this such a fun filled trip.

If any of you would like to link this story on your own websites so that others might read it, here are two banners for you that were specially designed by Tik Tok's husband, Renato:

Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
Music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice

There's a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world
Can be turned away
An enchanted moment
And it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you

(Chorus)
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager
Beats in time with yours

(Chorus)
And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest?
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

If you want to read about the Train's Arrival, click on this banner to go to Jeff & Diane's site, where they put up pictures and their own descriptio

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