Just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you and your loss. Having lost three of my beloved babies over the years, I know what such a loss is like. I always try to remember the wonderful years we shared and how lucky we were to have had those years together. My heart aches for you.
Re: Michelle
Posted by Cathy on 2/9/2023, 2:56 pm, in reply to "Michelle"
Yes, we grieve with you, Michelle. I love all the stories you told about Sunny especially his Christmas toy. It was so endearing and made me laugh so much. I've never seen a tiel that happy. He took that happiness with him in his heart when he left. So many birds are gone this year under traumatic circumstances. Lily, Uriel, Shiloh, Happy, to name a few.
Cathy
Re: Michelle
Posted by Gina on 2/9/2023, 5:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Michelle"
We grieve together. That is what makes this place special...the way we hold each other up.
Gina
Re: Michelle
Posted by Cathy on 2/10/2023, 2:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Michelle"
I don't know how Happy got in my list of names. It shouldn't have.
Cathy
Re: Michelle
Posted by seesthru, TC Advisor on 2/9/2023, 6:52 pm, in reply to "Michelle"
Mine too. My heart hurts for all our losses.
Re: Michelle
Posted by Cecilia on 2/10/2023, 7:06 am, in reply to "Michelle"
Thinking of you and all who have lost a bird. We all grieve together.
Thank you all!
Posted by Michelle & Sunshine on 2/13/2023, 7:58 am, in reply to "Re: Michelle"
Thank you all for thinking of me during this time of grief. I'm not going to lie or sugar coat this..it's been so so so hard...and when we come home from work, it's the silence that greets us that makes it most difficult. I also caught a bad stomach bug and I've been pretty sick and Sunshine always made me feel better in times like these. My husband said it best and I'm sure you will agree about your own babies..."Sunshine made this scary world alot easier to bear." So we miss him beyond words and he will never be forgotten. I knew my father for 25 years and Sunshine for 20 years. These are long periods of time that don't just get wiped away. Time eases the hurt, but the memories live on forever.
I can't express how much love and warmth I feel when after taking a break from the page, I come back to see you writing to me. My husband loves you all too. It is you all who understand most what we are going through. People who have no pets or other pets that aren't birds do not understand the deep connections birds make to us and us to them. Losing Sunshine was like losing a human, not a pet.
Sunshine grew with us and with our mistakes in life and with him as I found him when I was 22. I was young and carefree and Steve and I had recently got together. Luckily, I was raised with a cockatiel in the house so I was already a bird person. I've learned so much over the last 20 years about the nature of birds and their care and I have to thank Sunshine for that and of course, wonderful forums like these. Thank you for the cushion and thanksfor catching me as I fall. Love you all,
Michelle
Re: Thank you all!
Posted by Cathy on 2/13/2023, 1:50 pm, in reply to "Thank you all!"
It's the horrid silence. And your husband put it so well: it is a scary world and Shiloh made it easier for me to cope with it. Since she left I have felt very vulnerable. I wish that I was doing better, too, but like you said, it's not an overnight thing.
Up until losing Shiloh I was still learning new things about tiels. There are lots of experienced bird people on this board.
I had tummy woes over the weekend. I wonder if there's a bug here, too.