Dear Reader,
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write. Reading your stories is the best part of my job. What a pleasure.
From my inbox:
"Suzanne, what an excellent selection for the [1st Place] winner this year. Reading it immediately made me think of my wife, Becky, and several animal rescues that she's initiated. Though we haven't tried to care for an abandoned or isolated baby bird to the extent that Virginia did, we have been temporary caretakers.
On one vacation to Kansas City, as we were preparing to leave for the return drive to Lincoln, Nebraska (four hours), we came across an abandoned baby bird under a shrub near our hotel's front entrance. It was a weekend and the local bird rescue organization wasn't available. The hotel staff took a 'live and let die' attitude, but somehow we scrounged an empty shoebox and a soft hotel towel to cushion the bald, squawking, bird-like thing. Stops at roadside convenience stores to find something--anything--we could feed the little critter were only marginally successful. Back home, "Quincy" (as my wife named him) shook and squawked all night. We managed to connect with our own bird rescue organization the next morning, who said "Bring it over" to one of their caretaker's homes. We delivered Quincy to a charming older woman who had bird cages lining her garage and backyard, mostly filled with abandoned or injured birds. She couldn't immediately identify Quincy's breed. But over the course of the next few weeks, we visited several times, as Quincy eventually revealed himself to be...a common pigeon! None-the-less, he turned into an attractive bird (pardon a proud adoptive parent's pride), who was released into the caretaker's neighborhood when he was old enough. Whenever we drive through that neighborhood, we wonder about his fate, and whether any of the hundreds of pigeons in that area are his descendants.
Thanks for bringing up a very positive memory!
Scott C./ Lincoln, NE
P. S. Thanks also for selecting me as the winner of the bag of bubble gum giveaway a few weeks ago. I'm waiting for an opportunity to stuff as much of it in my mouth as I can, to make a giant bubble and snap a pic of it! Apparently, I've got to be somewhat cautious, as I'm now a Type 2 diabetic and apparently bubble gum isn't necessarily a good thing for me. But I'll still do the experiment!
(Suzanne replies:) Not to worry about sending us a photo of you blowing a huge bubble. Simply hold up the bag of bubble gum. Readers would love to see your smiling face.)
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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