as soon as we pulled in2 our driveway & hopped outta the car last evening, Gabrielle noticed something laying in the gravel...she asked me 2 come look...
"what is it?"
"what is it?"
"awwww", i said, "it's a baby bird"
it was so, so tiny too - it had a few fuzzy feathers & looked like it had just hatched not too long ago
i explained 2 her that most likely, it had been knocked outta the nest...we have a tall maple right beside our driveway - & even tho we couldn't see a nest or hear any baby birds, i'm guessing that's the tree if fell from
she immediately asked if she could bury it & where...of course i said yes - & i was happy 2 see that she wasn't too upset about it...she had a very grown, it's-all-part-of-life attitude about it
Jaden on the other hand, would have been totally distraught! i asked her 2 make sure he didn't see it...that i'd find a good spot, while she took her backpack inside the house & grabbed her shovel
she dug the hole...then carefully carrying the baby bird in her shovel, she put it inside the grave & covered it up...then 2gether with Corinn, they lined the site with rocks & sticks & added a marker
Gabby ran next door & pulled 2 roses off their huge bush & carefully laid them by the grave...it was so touching!
rest in peace little birdie
4 comments:
awww....she's the sweetest! Wesley would have been upset for DAYS over this. Our sensitive boys :)
aww that's SO sweet!!!
And also weird because 2 days ago our neighbor found a little newborn bird under her tree too. Just hatched with maybe 2 fuzzies on it. SO SAD
Thanks for the biggest smile(through the tears)Kiss and hug em plenty tonight for us.
Awwww...we had a birdie drama at our place too...
Tis' the season I spoze...
...danielle
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