Grief

Such an incredibly hard emotion. Our beloved rabbit "Bugsy" died yesterday. Bugsy lived on the side of our house and to be honest I didn't see him that much. He was definitely Julia's rabbit. She would feed him daily and take excellent care of him. To the point of bringing books out to read to him and singing her latest favorite song to him. She talked quietly to him and had him trained to come to the sound of her voice. Yes he was well cared for by this adoring 10 year old girl.

Yesterday I bought a really good watermelon. We were eating it outside and I remembered that Bugsy loved watermelon rinds. Fortunately I was the one who went over there to see him and found him. God was watching over us because the chances of this happening are very slim. In fact I don't know why I didn't just ask Julia to take the rind over to him. John and Jack buried him in the back yard next to our old dog Jackie. Julia wrote a note to him and drew a picture. Most of all she cried. My super strong baby cried and cried and cried. It just wore her out. All I could do was hug her. Grief - it just has to run its course. It is hard, and it is hard for awhile but then it gets better. Bit by bit.

There has been talk at our house about goats, or pigs, or chickens........