I just love lions. They are so regal and strong. I love that they live in prides and that the males stay home with the babies while the women go and kill the food. (Did you know the females are only pregnant for 3 1/2 months?) I loved the Lion King musical and the cartoon. Is there a better cartoon song than Can you feel the love tonight? Yes I'm a cheeseball! We went to the zoo with our cousins and the lions were out and they were pacing. Usually they are lying in the shade snoozing. So I was thrilled.
The tigers were out. The rare snow leopards that no one ever sees were out. Hooray for the Idaho Falls Zoo. Here's the gang! Joy was trying to climb into the turtle cage. Joy fed the goats and petted them and wasn't even scared.
Our little Joy passed away on January 20, 2008. She was 2 years and 3 months old. She died from a rapid onset respiratory virus and passed away in her sleep. She was in the care of her loving grandparents at the time while her parents and older siblings were in Disneyland.
I am so grateful that I started blogging 9 months before she died. These memories of her a a real treasure.
"The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in His own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude."
~Joseph B. Wirthlin
"Parents who have surrendered the sweetest and smallest flowers from the family's garden need to remember our Heavenly Father. He has promised a special reward to those who now suffer in silence, who spend long days and longer nights through their trying times of bereavement. Our Creator has promised glory. He said, 'For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but nigh at hand.' (D&C 58:4) That promised glory includes the blessing of reunion with each child who has left the family circle to help surviving members of the family to draw nearer to God. Those children still live and are a heritage to the Lord."
Did you lose any kids at the zoo??
ReplyDeleteEli wasn't leaft at the penguin cage was he?