I am wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Today is one year since I lost my beloved mom to breast cancer. It is not something you get over but get through somehow. This is a hard Christmas for me as my mom made Christmas so special but this little dog Pipit is giving me one reason to smile. My heart goes out to anyone who has lost someone near Christmas or misses them terribly at Christmas time wishing you strength and comfort. Hope everyone here has Happy Holidays filled with peace and love and a great year in 2023!
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My dog is getting ready for the holidays. This is a hard time for me I lost my mom 1 year ago on Xmas Eve and she made Christmas special. Well she made every day special. Silly distractions and the love of this little guy help to get through.
His name is Pipit. Adopted from the BC SPCA found on the streets at 3 months. He is a mutt through and through. Your guess is as good as mine as what he is. Terrier X Shephard? Doesn't matter but he has brought back some joy to my heart and certainly helps in grieving. Oh and he gets along with my cat...
I'll share more of him soon.
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I do not want to stand
under quiet skies.
I want them filled with bird song,
the intertwining symphony
of life breathing life
singing life
I do not want silent trees
or Silent Springs
without the buzzing
of hummingbirds
or the whisper-flight of wrens.
The grass has held worm
for robins, warm-breasted
and numerous —as far
into my memory as I can search.
Where are the robins now?
I haven’t seen one in so long.
The Aves are in decline.
I do not want to live
in a world without birds.
Without the intricacies of color
the dapper dancing for mates
the delicate strength of wings
teaching us to soar above things,
to be light as the wind
and quick on our feet.
How can I soar on wings like eagles, Lord
if there are none to inspire
my soul to lift?
Who will announce the gift of sun
after rain? Who will skip on delicate
feet along the shoreline, or lift
their notes on wind and wing?
Who will bring morning?
Coming too soon —
artist renderings,
a cross-stitched Avocet
on white linen, framed,
picture books and stories
telling of days when the skies
were ablaze with a flurry
of swift flying creatures
— this is what we give
to the generations?
Tales of them?
Empty skies
and our
remorseful eyes?
I cannot live
in a world without birds.
— forgive us our trespasses
Poem written by Christina Ward
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It has been a good summer in Vancouver for Eastern Warblers, a Chestnut-sided, Ovenbird, Tennessee and now a Black-and-white! This bird was first found by Jacky Ip on July 5th and I was happy to relocate it early this morning.
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This coyote was a great mom to her pups. I watched her catch food and take back to feed them. Her little pups depend on her completely, for safety, protection, shelter and food.
This is the first mother's day I am spending without my mom who passed away Xmas eve from cancer. I miss her so. I miss her more each day. Today was a very hard day without her. My heart is eternally broken.
Moms are so important. Don't forget to cherish them while you still have them with you. What I would not give for just one more day with my mother.
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