Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This
is Forest Stories. I am the Poet in the Forest,
a children's series that I pinned out in the nineteen nineties. Now,
none of it would be possible if it wasn't for
this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. I
talk about it so much that I thought maybe it's
time that you get to know what has inspired me
for thirty years. Thanks for being a part of the conversation.
Welcome back to the forest.
Speaker 2: A sad day today, we've lost something, a piece of history,
a very.
Speaker 1: Bright guided light. When Pepper first came into our lives,
it was just a baby, maybe maybe six months old.
He was fostered Fritz and his wife who lived halfway
up Heartbreak Hill. They rescued dogs and fostered them out,
and the entire forest was so in love with this
one called Pepper. And Betty and Sergio with Amanda really
went way, way, way beyond what we thought they ever would.
I mean, they were cat people, but they went the
way of Pepper. They adopted their first puppy, and he
was always so playful. It's a Dalmatian, and you know,
I totally understand the movie one hundred one Dalmatians because
of the fur. I've never felt anything so soft in
my life. Pepper and Jazzy always got along. It's almost
like Jazzy adopted Pepper and said, welcome to the hood,
Welcome to the forest. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. They never fought, never,
they were always so happy to see each other. But
I all things in life, things transition, and Pepper is
no longer physically in this forest. But I will say
that Pepper is with us on this walk in this
forest today, very much alive in our hearts. Hey, thanks
for being a part of the conversation.