Wednesday was a very sad day for us. We finished our schoolwork and the girls asked to get Herbie out, like they usually do when we are done. I was fixing lunch when Bug came rushing in, “Mommy! Mommy! I think Herbie is dead! He feels really cold and his eyes are closed!”
Sure enough. It is especially hard because we have no idea why. They girls have asked me over and over, “Why did Herbie die?” I’ve tried to come up with some possible answers but we really don’t know. We played with him for about half an hour the day before and he was 100% fine. He was eating his little food out of the Duplo house the girls had made for him. He had water, and his chew toys. It appears that he just curled up in his little nest, went to sleep, and never woke up.
There have been many tears. I made a little nest in a shoebox for him, and Noni and Papa took him home to bury him since we don’t have a good spot at our house.
Buggy wrote a little message on it before they took it home, and wanted me to get a picture so we would always remember. She cried herself to sleep that night.
This is one of those hard hard things as a parent. You just want to wipe away the hurt along with the tears. :(
We will always remember our little Herbie. He was a good hamster in the short 5 weeks that we had him.
Goodbye little Buddy. We will miss you.
Sad:( Sounds like a hard day.
ReplyDeleteAw, that is heartbreaking!! Poor girls. Poor you!
ReplyDeleteI had three hamsters at different times growing up and they all disappeared. My Mom told me that they must have escaped, but years later she told me that she found each of their heads on the doormat, compliments of my cat.
so sorry to hear about Herbie!
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