Goodbye Qi

When I came home from work on Thursday, I went to feed my fish, Qi. When she did not come to greet me as she usually did I discovered that she had died during the day. It looked like she had been trying to get something between some rocks and got caught. I was really sad to have this happen. Qi was had this energetic, exciting, fun personality that I have ever seen in a beta. At times I felt like she could be like one of my past pet dogs, except that she confined to a bowl full of water. I am grateful for the short time that I had her in my life and all that she taught me - like how you can still let others know how excited you are to see them despite limitations, and even though you may not have vocal ability, or arms, you can still communicate (like running into the sides of a small bowl over and over again to let me know that you don't like the smaller bowl when I am changing your water), to see that you can accomplish much with a desire (as she would move plants around in her bowl once in awhile), to enjoy the small moments in life, and the simplicity that life can offer. Who would have thought that 1 amazing beta fish could teach us so much.











(Qi and I getting ready to move to Arizona)