bittersweet
i just finished reading the book bittersweet by susan cain. according to the author, “bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. it recognizes that light and dark, birth and death—bitter and sweet—are forever paired.” so it is with this idea in mind that i share with you that our sandhill crane colts didn’t make it. mom and dad are fine, and doing well. but the babes are gone. we went to washington dc for a couple days to drop-off our son for a senatorial internship, and when we returned, the colts were gone. we have a lot of their natural predators here (coyotes, foxes, raccoons, eagles, hawks, owls). i am guessing one of them got to the colts. for several days i walked around in daze–no wanting to live in a world where baby sandhill cranes get eaten like chicken nuggets. i’m better now. and we still have mom and dad who visit us every day. it’s all so bittersweet.
preened sandhill crane feathers
