Mietzke's Holden Adventure

It is a good thing to have surprises stashed away for your kids. After the sudden death of our fish it was a melancholy heartfelt morning. Both of the girls were really sad. I remembered stashing away one of their Christmas presents and I thought the situation could use a little cheering in amidst the sorrow. So out came the hammock seat and the girls swung and spun in it on the front porch for a lot of the afternoon.
Then Jordyn and I went to the river where the snow melt has left a small bank and we gathered rocks and built dams and tossed rocks into the river. It was good to be together just being quiet. Then we used the rocks to form words on the snow that you could see from the bridge. We wrote gather, light, and hope. We stayed at the river until our hands were too cold and then we came back to prepare Grover for cremation.
Nyrie carried Grover’s box all the way up the hill and sang little songs. Both Nyrie and Jordyn decided that they wanted to remember Grover as the happy fish he had been. Nineteen people gathered together for his service at the incinerator. We read a poem, and a couple of verses and the pastor even said a prayer. The girls each wrote a little letter to him. The walk back was nice the sky is so blue and on the mountains more rock ledges are starting to peek through the snow. Many of the pussy willow and red alder are pushing out small buds. The feeling of spring is in the air.
When we got back from the fish funeral Nyrie and I read books and snuggled on the couch. What an amazing kid! How did I ever luck out so much with my offspring? I love that Nyrie snuggle time!