Isabelle6060

December 18th, 2021

My family celebrates the gift part of Christmas a week early, so that on Christmas we can focus on giving and serving others. Today as a family, we exchanged presents. My dad, sister, and I pooled our resources in together to buy our pet bird, Joey a playstand/gym to make it easier to spend more time with the family. So there we were, together as a family, having fun. Joey loved it. He loved the playstand and followed me around on the ground while shredding wrapping paper. All of a sudden he started frantically tweeting. Concerned, I run toward him, and find him on his back, neck in an awkward angle, and struggling. I scoop him up and try to help him, but he soon became limp in my hand. Joey had a stroke and died.

He was such a wonderful bird and friend. His favorite song was my favorite song, and we loved to have karaoke/dance parties. We all knew he was old, but never actually expected him to die. He's been a part of our family for 8 years, and I guess I started thinking he was immortal. We placed him in his coconut house (it was his favorite thing) and placed it in a box along with some shredded wrapping paper (Joey's favorite activity). We will bury him tomorrow if the excavator will start. I hope that one day we will be together again in heaven.

May he rest in peace