My Nightmare Come True (kinda)

I was talking with a friend the other night and he kept asking me what I would do if Hemtoli (my hamster) died. "He's getting old grace, you have to be prepared..." Now, you have to understand that i take EXQUISITE care of my hamster... only the best for my baby~ he just CANNOT die yet... not while I'm still in school... (and i don't CARE if you try to tell me he's already outlived his average hamster life span!)

Today I came home early from school, wanting an early dinner so I can go to B&N to study straight through... so at 4pm when I walked into the den area (where my hamster lives), I saw something so gross I didn't know what to say... there were like 20 flies IN my hamster's cage... NO JOKE. I freaked out and ran inside to find my mom in the kitchen and said "MOM... CHECK IF HEMTOLI IS DEAD... THERE ARE GAZILLION FLIES IN HIS CAGE!!!!!"

I didn't know what to do... i mean, i was busy the past two weeks and didn't clean his cage well... but you're only supposed to clean it once a week anyway... and the cage is so huge compared to other hamsters' cages... and he was FINE yesterday night!!!

My mom goes in... (she doesn't really like the lil baby to begin with... so checking to see if it was dead was prolly something she wouldn't have minded... =P) and I ask her from the kitchen "Is Hemtoli alive!??!" and she says... "no"...

"Wait, Hemtoli died!??!!?!?"

"He's not movin...."

"OH NOOOO.... MOM...." (almost in TEARS at this point...)

"Grace, Open the back door so i can take the cage out..."

I was frozen... my mom was gonna just dump my hamster... and I didn't know what to do... too scared to look at the poor bugger... (and NO, it doesn't matter that I worked with a dead person all last year... while surrounded by 50 other cadavers... Hemtoli is my pet...)

"Mom, what are you gonna do?" I whispered....

"Grace, just open the door so we can clean his cage! He was just sleeping!"

"......."

I can't believe my mom did that to me...

She just smiled and said "Grace, I can't believe you were about to cry over a hamster!"

Moral of the story?

1. Carol, Debbie, Christina, and whoever else owns hamsters... CLEAN THE CAGE... and DON'T LET FLIES RUIN YOUR DAY.
2. BUGS (most DEF including FLIES) are DISGUSTING and I really really really do NOT like anything with more than 4 legs...
3. Love thy hamster each day and care for it...exams are no excuse.
4. Moms who don't like animals are not a good source of quick assurance of breath...
5. Don't assume that because I can look at dead people all semester long, that I can bear to watch my hamster die...

Extrapolating these morals now one step higher... the ULTIMATE moral of the story is...

We never know when will be our last day... so let's live each day to the fullest... making each day the BEST DAY of our lives. No turning back... no regrets... only eyes fixed on Jesus, living each day for His glory!

Here's my hamster...

You say it Best when you say nothing at all

Its amazing how you can speak right to my heart,
If I say in a word, you can light up the dark….
Try as I may, I can never explain,
what I feel when u don’t say a thing,
The smile on your face, lets me know that u need me,
There’s a truth in your eyes, saying you ‘ll never leave me,
the touch of your hand, say’s you’ll catch me, wherever I fall,
You say it best, when u say nothing at all….

All day long I can hear people talking around,
Only u holding me, drown out the crowd,
Try as they may, they can never define,
What’s being said between your heart and mine,
The smile on your face lets me know that u need me
There’s a truth in your eyes, saying you ‘ll never leave me,
the touch of your hand, says you’ll catch me wherever I fall,
You say it best, when u say nothing at all…

The smile on your face, lets me know that u need me,
there is a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me,
the touch of your hand says you’ll catch me wherever I fall,
U say it best when you say nothing at all…..

The smile on your face…..,
The look in your eyes…..,
The touch of your hands….;
( You say it best when u say nothing at all….)

-Ronan Keating-

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