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[banshee]

Owen's betta fish Finny died yesterday. He had been poorly for weeks and weeks, unable to swim well due to (I think) swim bladder disease. We could nothing except keep his bowl clean and give him pep talks. He managed to galumph around his bowl for the longest time, coming out from behind his rock to check out what the cats were doing, etc. He was

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[erinpower]

oh man, this is kind of made me teary. so sweet!

[stopityoumonkey]

Awww...poor Owen. I'm sure Finny had a great time at Owen's home.

[aquagirl]

Awwwwwwwwww!

[radiosilents]

Aw. What an amazing little story.

[razorart]

That is a wonderful way to introduce your child to losing someone or something he or she loves. When Elly died this summer, Krysztof had the kids draw her. Z, who is 7, drew her with angel wings. Actually, she still draws Elly when she's drawing the cats, always with angel wings.

[banshee]

Well that's just beautiful. Heart-melting!