Aly, you have an angels heart and soul. Your parents did something right when they were raising you.

When Graham was first found as a stray, it was by a single mom and her two kids. They named him Brownie and they really wanted to keep him but the mom just felt that he would not have the best home with them, since she didn't have much money and she was so busy with those kids...and so with a heavy heart, she brought him to the shelter where I found him. He would have been happy with her and her kids, I know he would have been happy and his life would have been great, but truth is, I needed him more then anything in the world and I think the mom and her kids knew that he needed to be with someone more then he needed to be with them. I know all this because while I was at the vet with him about 2 months after I adopted him, I happened to see the woman and she immediatelly recognized Graham and began to cry as she listened to me tell her how much I loved him. I thanked her over and over for "letting her Brownie go" and, even though she was sad to see her "Brownie" again, she felt SO much better and she had closure when she saw me and Graham bonded to each other like super glue.

I think you did the right thing. I think Willow would have had an amazing life with you, but I think that woman really, really needed her. It's fate. I am sorry that you had to let her go, but you did the right thing, you sweet heart.