Celebrating Life and Loss
Since giving birth to my daughter almost three years ago, it’s been a nonstop ride, which is what you’ve all heard before. But I can’t deny the loved ones I’ve lost in the time leading up to and since her birth.
Three animals I had for 10-plus years all passed away in the year leading up to Little D’s birth. Over that time, I had to see them struggle in their senior stages of life: Birdie, my 10-year-old parakeet had a stroke of sorts and struggled to balance on her perch in her cage; Sammy, my 14-year-old cat lost the ability to walk properly and had to be given fluids intravenously and food via syringe; and Pogi, our dear family dog went blind and had problems urinating, so I, several months pregnant, would have to carry him in and out of the house to relieve himself. He actually wore diapers in his final weeks.
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