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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThere was an unusual stillness as I approached the doves cage this morning.
One of my flock was near death. She was sitting alone in the shelter of a wicker bridge.
Late yesterday afternoon she was puffed out as if she was cold. I turned up the oil heater that sits on the floor near them.
She was one of the ones that always came close to me as I sat sipping coffee from before dawn into late evenings. A beautiful dusky brown with small orange rings around her sweet brown eyes.
I gently lifted her from her resting spot and cuddled her to the warmth of my chest. We sat like that for a brief time until she passed quietly away, as beautiful in death as she was in life.
I was blessed by her love, her beauty and her song. I watched her enter my world a few years ago. I'm glad I was able to hold her so that she did not die alone.
The flock has returned to life as usual.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i am glad you were with her in the end
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Aristus
(66,478 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Worried senior
(1,328 posts)she had your love as she passed over to the bridge.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Only a very few of the flock members enjoy interacting with me. She was very special.
All featherheads are special, some more than others.
Worried senior
(1,328 posts)you have another you can have that experience with.
malthaussen
(17,217 posts)-- Mal
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)I'm so sorry for your loss. I am a fellow wild bird lover as well, and especially of Mourning Doves. I'm glad you were with her to comfort her in the end. (((HUGS)))
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)We love them all, no matter how small.
elias49
(4,259 posts)Heal soon.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)niyad
(113,613 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,389 posts)Your story reminded me of that movie. It was so touching. What a peaceful passing you provided the little dove.
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)for her next to your heart. how beautiful of you and she to share those moments.
your sharing brings tears to my eyes. this early evening a small sparrow was clinging to the storm door. the temperature was dropping fast. i was going to let her in but she was very skittish and would fly away whenever i approached the door. now i'm afraid the poor creature is froze to death somewhere.
redwitch
(14,950 posts)I am glad you were with her.