My older son’s canary died last summer, a week or so before his 16th birthday.
My boy was in the middle of a creative project, as he so often is. This current project involved painting pictures for each of his friends, which he planned to give them for his birthday.
He put a pause on that artistic endeavor to craft a tiny coffin for his canary.
This was my…
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