So as I mentioned yesterday, we have two unborn mourning dove twins that we are naming Luke & Leia. We decided to have a little burial service for them yesterday evening. You probably noticed from the picture above that there's a crack in the egg. That was not our doing. But it does make me sad to think that the baby probably froze to death just as it was making its way out into this big world. David is the biologist between the two of us so he carefully peeled away at the shell to see what's inside. I have to be truthful here, I couldn't bear look at it for longer than one second before I felt sad and get the shudders and have to turn away. So I basically just took the picture and turned away. But looking at pictures seem to be okay for me. I marvel at the intricate and compact mass that is our little baby. *sigh. It even had a few feathers already. Oh a life that never was. (Or is it "is"?) Here David removed more of the shell so you can see its little head and wings and all. We were just about to inter the body. Here's a close up of it. I sometimes don't understand myself. I couldn't bear to look at it in real life but I can stare at this picture and think how beautiful and amazing it is. Maybe there are mental disorders for people like me? We didn't open the second egg but we placed both of them into the earth and covered them. And placed a beautiful and fragrant freesia flower as a tombstone. We miss you, Luke & Leia.
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Pris
3/14/2013 03:30:29 pm
Oh no :( but wow it is interesting to see. poor unborn babies.
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