Birthday

Dear Lila,
Today would have been your 7th birthday. You were born on July 23th 2004. Or that was the date I just chose. I picked it because at the time I had a crush on Daniel Radcliffe and I thought it would be so cool if you had the same birthday. I had originally chosen July 4th but we were in Maine that year. I love you and miss you so much. I feel like those 6 years, 9 months and 6 days were a dream. I feel like I woke up and right as I did my world turned upside down. Today was a sad day for the whole world. A gunman went on a killing spree that lasted 90 minutes before he was stopped and Amy Winehouse died.
I gave Chestnut two treats today in your honor. They weren’t the raviolis though because you ate all those. They were the sesame and peanut butter ones. I remember when I would give you one and I would eat one until I found out they weren’t suitable for human consumption. Whoops! From then on I watched you eat them jelously. No matter how many rabbits I ever have I will never forget you. You were my first bunny and you were the best. You knew your name, which I didn’t think was impressive but I realize now it was! And you came when you called. Even when I wanted you to explore you would sit on my feet or you would explore about two feet and check to make sure I was still there before moving any further. I thought about you a lot today . Even when I was getting milkshakes with a friend. I think of you every day and miss you every day. I love you my beautiful baby bunny forever and always,

Mommy

Words

What are words?
Words are a way to express something.
To try to convey what exactly it is you are trying to communicate.
Words are vital.
Without them there would be nothing on this paper.

July 23, 2011