{"id":11,"date":"2003-05-23T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2003-05-23T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=11"},"modified":"2003-05-23T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2003-05-23T20:22:08","slug":"our-days-of-dust-and-lizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Our Days of Dust and Lizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, we are home! Back to electricity, running water, indoor plumbing, and, best of all, internet connection! LOL While I love being with my family…I just don’t handle the lack of amenities and the dirt! And, I’m not even mentioning the bugs, lizards, spiders, flies, mosquitos and rattlesnakes. Ah, nature! Not my favorite, thank you! <\/p>\n

One thing I don’t want to forget…
\nthe boys caught a blue-belly lizard and named him Mikey! They put him in a bucket with leaves, rocks – everything a lizard needs to feel at home. However, while showing Mikey to their 2yr old brother, Mikey lost his tail!! There was much wailing and the confirmation from Uncle Kevin (the wildlife biologist) that this was ok – Mikey could simply grow a new tail. So, each day there were Mikey ‘checks’, times when Mikey would be ‘excercised’ and times when Mikey was just observed. <\/p>\n

But, this morning, Mikey was not moving. He was dead. Our 8 yr old was so sad. And, Eric and I heard so many familiar phrases in his cries: <\/p>\n

But I loved him!
\nWhy did he have to die?
\nI tried to make everything perfect for him?
\nIt’s all Js(the 2yr old) fault – he held him too close!
\nIt’s just not fair!<\/p>\n

So, maybe the loss of a lizard is a very pale comparison to losing a son, but no matter what you loss, it hurts! And, just like so many did for us, I just held him and cried with him. Crying over a lizard, who’d ever have thought it!<\/p>\n

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