Goodnight, dear friends and family. This is Jessica writing to you tonight.

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the color of the trees and leaves are absolutely gorgeous, and the holidays are in the air and everywhere you look. I cannot tell you enough how much this is my favorite time of year. This is the heart of everything. Everyone seems to be warmer and smiling much more all around. And of course you can see the excitement on the children’s faces.  So many beautiful experiences ahead.

This beautiful boy in the photo above is named Figgy. Figgy is the “warrior-dog” of our friend Veronica Wolski’s good friend, Sharon Tendler Vitullo. From what Veronica tells us, this boy is extraordinarily brave. Figgy needs our prayers right now, because he is dealing with many medical issues. His liver and kidneys have now been effected, and the situation has become very serious. We ask that you join us in strong Prayers for Figgys healing. Let us come together and send out so much positive energy and positive thoughts for this very special fighter. We pray that Figgy is healed and feels no pain at all at any time. We pray that he is restored to his optimal health and suffers no more. We send so Much love out to Figgy, and to Sharon and Veronica too. God bless them.

No lives will go in vain. No pain will go unnoticed. Amen.

Love from,
Jessica Lee Smith,
For Sammy & Family

Good evening dear friends & family. This is Jessica writing to you tonight. It’s really cold out there, so please try and keep your pets inside as much as you can. Make sure that they stay warm and comfortable.

With Thanksgiving coming up on Thursday , many people are traveling and out shopping, preparing for that special day with family and friends. It’s always good to get things in order early, although it seems to always be a last minute thing for me during these days. I’m
Sure some of you can relate.

It really is just such a beautiful time of year. A lot of families don’t get together as much as they could, because life Keeps you so busy and location can keep you too far apart. So when everyone starts coming together again, after a while of not seeing each other, it’s always extra special. It’s also something to be grateful for to still have those important people in your life. As all of us know, sometimes a year changes everything , and maybe there’s an empty chair at your table this year that used to be filled by a loved one. We will be missing Dennis this year, as well as our dear friend Michael.

Have a peaceful night everyone. It’s really a half a week that we are in , so let’s take it easy. To all of you,  we wish the sweetest of dreams. We send love out to all.

Goodnight everyone.

No lives will go in vain. No pain will go unnoticed. Amen.
Love from,
Jessica Lee Smith,
For Sammy & Family

Goodnight dear friends and family. This is Jessica writing to you tonight. I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

This cutie in the picture is ” Magic”. She is a beautiful 5 year old Silkypoo. A silky is a large Yorkie with silver Yorkie hair. Magic is the fur baby of our dear friends, Cindy Vale and her daughter Samantha. They also have two cats and a Guinea pig. Cindy and Sammi are two of the sweetest people we know,  and we are so happy to call them our friends. They love their baby Magic so much, and who wouldn’t . She came to say goodnight to everyone tonight. Thank you Magic. 

The kids and I had a beautiful day out last week that I wanted to mention it earlier. So many things have been happening in the world, that it wasn’t the appropriate time. We had gone to a park deep into the town that’s on the water. I love it there So much, and it was great to just see the kids running free and laughing. It’s a big difference from the one bedroom apartment that we live in with my Mother. So it’s 6 of us in a very very small enclosed space. We’ve been to other parks but they are always soooo busy,  and it can be difficult to try and keep track of my 3 youngest children all running in different directions. I like to think of myself as an octopus. Haha. 

I  didn’t have the card we needed to get into this park until just the other day. I could never get all the kids to agree to show up to have their picture taken on the same day. Haha. I have many memories from this beautiful park and from one July fourth evening , when my daughter Alexandra was just a toddler. We laid on the grass together looking up at the sky, while the fire crackers rained on us. It was one of those priceless moments, just myself and my girl. Now years later, I was able to go back to that beautiful park with all of my children. We made new and beautiful memories to cherish forever.

I hope all of you made some new memories this weekend. There are many to be made in the next weeks ahead also. Cherish them.

Love from, 
Jessica Lee Smith,
For Sammy & Family 

Good evening friends.

Its great to be here with everyone.  Thank you for stopping by.  So the rescue yesterday was named today. Raquel came up with a brilliant name.  I was hoping for “Miracle”  — But this might be better.  Raquel decided to name this miraculous dog; “Rocky”

I cant believe I didn’t think of that being Rocky Balboa is probably the greatest character the movies ever created.  Better yet, the Rocky Character was based on Sylvester Stallone’s real life. Not in the boxing sense, but in the “Underdog” sense.

And who was more of an Underdog then this dog we rescued yesterday ? And when you think of the word “Underdog” — You might as well be thinking about Rocky.  So that is how Raquel came up with the name Rocky.

Rocky spent the night at the Vets last night.  He needed a medicine bath, ticks removed and his ears cleaned.  When i picked him up today and was playing with him at the Vets, he was so playful and has a huge happy smile. Rocky is a very special dog, extremely special. We can’t wait to show you his larger than life smile. Despite everything that caused him to be on the street, Rocky is innately a happy and loving boy.  Now that happiness can flourish, grow and inevitably make plenty of people happy through his life.

Signing off from Puerto Rico on day 315, Dr. Harp Seal for Sammy & Family.