Robodad

The last time we went away, we took her along with us.  We had to.

She was old.  She could not feed herself.  We were going to be gone for a few days, and she could no longer live by herself.  So, we took her and her life support equipment along with us, and took care of her.  Staying at the in-laws house with our three kids, this was an inconvenience.  But we didn’t want her to die… After all, who wants that kind of mess?

Since then, we have continued to take care of her.  Over time, though, the kids stopped paying attention to her, and we hardly noticed she was alive, except when we remembered to throw food at her.

This time around, as we planned the minutia of our Christmas vacation at the in-laws, we both realized… we did not want to take her.  We decided there, standing in the kitchen:  we would leave Miss Ginger behind.   If she died, we decided, perhaps it would be a blessing.

For us, anyway.

That is how we decided that Ginger the fish would be left behind, without food, for up to 48 hours.  With a cat in the house.

God help us, and have mercy on our souls.