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