Thanks all for your kindness. I took yesterday off so I just now read the posts from yesterday - I hadn't eaten or slept for 2 days and I was exhausted. I've decided to stand my ground against the Board and keep all my family in tact until I decide that moving would be the best thing to do. Turns out that the whole condo community is pissed off about this whole thing - I'm not the only one by all means so maybe this will just blow over. The lady who has Tess is a relative of my son in law (sister) and she said she'll hang onto Tess as long as she can - till I can sort this all out so there's hope that I may be able to bring her back. Thanks again everyone for your encouragement and kind words - it sure does help in such a devastating time.