Funerals are for the Birds

One of the eggs hatched! Jaidyn was so excited!

We were on our way to school this morning and Jaidyn began speed talking, (like normal, it's hard to keep up with her sometimes). This is how the conversation went:

J:"Mom"
Mom's in her morning daze thinking about all the things she needs to do today before Dad gets home,
J:"mom"
now mom's worried about getting a ticket because it's a school zone and we're running late and so she's concentrating on slowing down and still getting to school on time and doesn't hear Jaidyn again.
J:"mom" (a little louder this time)

D:"what?"

J:"did you know that one of the little birds in the nest fell out and died?"

D:"no, did you see it?"

J: "yes",

D:"did grandma show it to you, or did you find it?"

J:"no, I found it all by myself. I thought it was a tree branch and then I said, oh, is that a tree
branch or is that a little birdie? Then I looked and it was one of the baby birdies. Isn't that so sad"

D:"That's really sad".

J:"yeah, but he's happier in Heaven now".

D:"That's right"

J:"But it's probably scary being up there with out your mommy."

D:"yes, but there's a lot of family members up there too, so he's not alone".

J:"yeah, it's just so sad because we didn't even get to celebrate it's birthday" there was a moment of pause and then she said "mom, why don't we have funerals for birds?"

Not really knowing how to comment on that one, I said
D:"well I don't know but I guess you could have one if you wanted to".

J:"I really think the birdie needs to have a funeral, so he knows that we loved him while he was here on earth."

What a sweet little daughter we have! She amazes me, so guess what we'll be doing tonight?