Emotions are high

So.. Autumn came home Saturday, and she was in good spirits. Everyone was happy, we had a lovely time hanging out, just being together at home.

I did take the boys to an “All Boy” Birthday Party that afternoon, but other than that, it was a nice, quiet weekend at home.

Saturday night, Autumn came to me, really sad. One of her birds (Snowy),was acting sick. She had lost a TON of feathers all over her bedroom floor. Her feathers were puffed up, eyes were heavy, and she looked tired and weak. Autumn held her close, softly stroking her, and kept her separate from the other bird (Spring), because he was pestering her constantly. Nipping at her neck, and being really nasty.

The next morning, Snowy acted much better, so I told Autumn to go ahead and put her back in the cage with Spring. All day, they seemed fine together. We even went to a birthday party, came back… but, that’s when things turned for the worse.

I was on the phone with my grandmother, when Autumn yelled to me, that she thinks her bird was dead. I had to quickly end that conversation, and run to her. She had Spring in her arms, and he was just laying there. omg! This was not at all what I expected to happen. We all thought it would be Snowy who was going to pass away from being sick. Snowy had apparently gotten fed up with Spring attacking her, so she took one nip at Spring, and that is all it took. crap!

So, Autumn is crying, holding this bird, wants to kiss it, love on it, cuddle with it, until we buried it.

The next thing we had to do, was find a box, put the bird in it, wrap it with paper, and dig a grave. OMG! I have NEVER had to do this before. I gathered all the kids, we all took turns digging, and eventually had to bury Spring.

Autumn went to her room, brought out one of Spring’s feathers that she had saved, picked a flower from the backyard, found a nice stone, and we had a little burial ceremony for him.

I have a picture of Autumn with Snowy & Spring in her arms, so I am going to frame it, for her to keep. She is just so devastated. She loves with all of her soul. I know Spring knew he was loved.