To some of you, this may sound stupid, but I lost a child tonight...Not two legged, not even four legged...It was a baby burmese python...She was only with me for about four hours, but I loved her just the same. It's amazing how something so small, yet so hated by most, can captivate someone so much...My best friend found her in the parking lot of the pet store she worked at and thought I'd like to have her...She had been partially run over, but we hoped for the best because she was alert, and still moving...But I held that snake when she took her last breath and jerked one final time...Dumb right? Maybe for YOU..But for someone who can't have CHILDREN, all I have are MY ANIMALS...She was innocent. Had never bitten anyone, harmed anything (except the food she needed to survive), and was extremely docile...She was gorgeous. She didn't deserve to die, yet I feel she's better off. I'd rather her not continue to suffer and be in pain. I've had so many deaths in my family...People AND animals. I've almost gotten used to it..But it's never enough to make it any easier...I have four pitbulls, two more snakes, two cats, and a lizard, and I love them all like they are my offspring...It's funny though, I just don't understand why life and death work the way they do...I cry when I accidentally run over something in the dark that I can't avoid unless I want to wrap my car around a tree...I dunno...I'm just so soft-hearted when it comes to my babies...At least she died in a home where she was loved and cared for....R.I.P. Copperfield, 12:12am, June 10, 2007
