Comments on: One dead mouse

By: In which they tax the resources of their guardian angels | xalyzax

In which they tax the resources of their guardian angels | xalyzax — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:05:25 +0000

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By: SC

SC — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:34:43 +0000

Such a great story Dani… I love the little chalk message, and the different personalities of Simon and Tristan. Too cute!

By: valerie

valerie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:44:06 +0000

I think if he’d been exposed to such stuff at a younger age (like Simon now is), it wouldn’t have hit so hard. Poor guy. My two are totally inured to such as our cat loves to leave evidence of her hunting skills. Everywhere. Inside and out. :p

By: Annika

Annika — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:28:29 +0000

I was also totally okay until the chalk message. What a sweet boy! You must be very proud of him.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:09:34 +0000

That chalk message did me in. He’s such a sensitive little guy…what a beautiful quality! Thankfully they didn’t see the kitten.

By: alison

alison — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:00:13 +0000

I’m agreeing with Jody. Four seems to be an age when this makes a big impression on kids. We had to have a beloved cat put down when Leah was four. She’s eight now, and still gets teary-eyed thinking about Bogey.

I’m glad the boys didn’t see the kitten.

By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:08:27 +0000

I wonder if there is something about Fours and death — because yeah, you get the age difference exactly right, for our family at least.

Although now that we have two hamsters and a gerbil, I am already feeling anxious about an unpleasant surprise some morning…..

By: Rev Dr Mom

Rev Dr Mom — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:54:24 +0000

Over the years we’ve had a few animal funerals. And some untimely deaths–the worst was when one of the kittens that my daughters had adopted when it was abandoned near our house was run over by the school bus while the girls were right there.

I’m glad you city was so responsive about the kitten. That really would’ve been hard to deal with.

By: suze

suze — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:59:07 +0000

Ooooh, you have a beautifully sensitive boy there Dani…The chalk message made me tear up…

By: snackmommy2

snackmommy2 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:57:43 +0000

I was doing OK until I got to the chalk message. It certainly provides insight into that young man of yours Dani.