The Epitaph
Mr. LBB found a little hummingbird in the driveway today….clearly in distress.
Boo insisted it was a little girl. Ugh, nothing hurts my heart more than a sweet little creature in distress. I called the zoo hospital down the street but they were closed. Mr. LBB researched what to do for an injured hummingbird. He filled a hummingbird feeder with sugar water and coaxed her to drink when she was calm. We did everything we could to keep her safe and comfortable.
We checked on her this afternoon and she had gone to heaven. We gave her a proper burial.
Boo: Can we dig her up and see if she’s still there? To see if God took her to heaven?
Her little grave is right next to our St. Francis statue. Boo insisted that we not name her but wrote on her tombstone:
I Loved This Hummingbird.
Laying on the couch with Mr. LBB a little later I heard her say “It hurts right here Daddy” pointing to her heart.
I told Boo that the best thing that could have happened to that sweet little bird was to be loved by her…..even if for just a few hours.
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As an aside:
Boo: Why does our St. Francis statue have his head cracked open?
Me: Well, a few years ago someone took it, then returned it a few weeks later……with the head glued back together.
True story.
Have the Day You Have
Early yesterday morning Boo brought me a vase with a dead leaf in it….stating that she was keeping it alive…..so that it would grow into a tree. I told her it wouldn’t work. She insisted it would….until I explained that it didn’t have roots…..not to mention it was already dried out. I’m not sure what set her off but she got so upset over the dead leaf that I promised her that this weekend I’d show her how to make terrarium. She never forgets a thing….because it was the first thing she mentioned this morning.
We went to Lowe’s early this evening and picked out the perfect little succulents. While we were there one of the employees asked if we like owls….we said yes…..and he told us to go to aisle 5. There in the rafters was the most beautiful owl…..it looked at us for a while…..and we looked back for another while. Boo “hoo’d” a few times and after a staring contest it took off……with a huge 6 foot wingspan. But it didn’t go far…..it flew up to the outside wall of the garden center where its mate was sitting.
Boo: You know….Daddy and I were here this morning at Lowe’s.
Me: What?!
Boo: While you were still sleeping…..
I didn’t think I’d make it out today…..I had such a horrible migraine last night and this morning. I think I used my brain too much yesterday. And then my pelvis was hurting….I have a CT scan next week. I woke up and the house was eerily quiet…..Boo had left me a little pillow that had our photo on it and a flashcard that read “Jesus” on my nightstand. It made me laugh. Mr. LBB and Boo had let me sleep in and I felt like I was missing out on the day. I had already had to cancel breakfast with my friend Shari. And then……those owls….ever feel like there are just little gifts waiting for you? And I’m always looking around and taking in where I am…..but I don’t think I would have ever looked up into the rafters. Those owls can be quiet and mysterious you know.
Anyway, Boo got to make her terrarium…plus one….and filled them with succulents. You know what I love about succulents? They are so cute and plump. I just have this uncontrollable urge to squeeze them…..but Boo cried over an already dead leaf….so could you imagine?
“About my leaves, I gave them all away, because that’s what you do with gifts.”
-Timothy Green
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