Monday, May 25, 2009

Life's Lessons - Gone To Soon

This is Snicker's last July

Unfortunately, today was a hard day for Nolan. Kenny, Elaine, Ryan, Nolan, Trey, Brylee, Haley, and I were all out in the pool just having a beautiful day enjoying our sunshine that we haven't had all week. Our dog Reese was hanging out with us on the back porch. Our bunnies, Snickers and Milky Way were playing in the bunny pen next to the pool. All of a sudden, Snickers ( Nolan's bunny), had a heart attack and died right before our eyes. He was only 2 years old. Nolan has had a terrible time ever since Snicker's passing today. He saw how quickly life can end. It has really opened up his eyes to a whole lot of questions about life and death. We are trying to use this as a teaching moment in his life. We are planning to make a memorial for Snickers. This memorial day will always belong to Nolan and his bunny, Snicker's.
This was Nolan and Snickers on Easter of this year.

2 comments:

Florida Girl said...

Oh Celena this broke my heart for Nolan. I cannot imagine how hard it was to have that happen like that.

Michele said...

Katelyn's rabbit died at the end of April. We are not sure what happened, but it was really sad. She had just showed him at the fair, and we were allowed to bring him home as a pet. We took Gibbs to Pet Day at school and he died later that evening. He was a rescue from Clay County Animal Shelter, so we didn't know how old he was. It was real sad for Eric and the girls, I wasn't home at the time. Tell Nolan we are so sorry.