In Memory of Ben

My sweetie Ben Dani died on December 20th, 1998, early in the morning = ( He was 2 1/2 years old at the time. He was the last of Missy & Pookie's kids that I owned, and will be sorely missed. At the time he was living with a black pied boy named Sympatico who I'm going to try to introduce to Pookie's "widowed" cagemate Skittish. Ben had always been the smallest and weakest of the Dani boys, and had an ear infection in January of 1998 that left him with a head tilt, but ironically he outlived all of his siblings! He was a very sweet little boy, always happy too. He could always make ya smile = )

Here are the lyrics to "Ben's Song", by Sarah McLachlan (and no he wasn't named after it, Ben was named pre-Sarah ;).

On the hills of fire the darkest hour
I was dreamingrue love's pyre
Who will bring a light to stoke the fire
Fear not for your still breathing

On a windless day
I saw the life blood drained away
A cold wind blows on a windless day

Hear the cry for new life the mourning's flame
You were the brightest light that burned too soon in vain
Who will bring you back from where there's no return
Fear not for you're just dreaming

On a winter's day
I saw the life blood drained away
A cold wind blows on a windless day.

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