Fish Story

Last week, I noticed that our beta fish (named Bloop) didn't look very good. I was afraid he was going to die very soon and mentioned to Sophie that he looked sick. Bloop was her very first pet -- purchased about 14 months ago. He died last Thursday morning. I didn't expect Sophia to feel such deep emotion over the loss. She cried for 30 minutes before school -- and then again after school for a while. I comforted her. We buried him in our "pet cemetery" out back. She made him a grave marker out of a stone. This was very important to her.

I promised that we'd get another fish right away. That evening we went to Buzz n' Bees and picked out a beautiful and unusually colored beta to keep our snail (named Mrs. McCreedy) company. His name is Blub. So far, he's doing quite well.