Ok, so Beckett finally came home with some fish to fill his birthday tank. After prepping the tank, and reading tons on how this is all supposed to work, it was time. This boy was beyond excited about his new little friends. We went to Petsmart and he picked out four glofish, which are not really all that big, but are very active and look amazing under a black light. He had a blue fish, orange fish, purple fish and an yellow fish. The blue one he picked out had a missing fin and looked a little beat up. The lady who put it in the bag asked it he was sure he wanted that one, and he assured her that he was. He said he wanted to take it home because nobody else would want it. I love that he said that. It's moment's like that when I get to see what a huge and generous heart Beckett has. And so, home we went with the new fishies. We floated the bags and finally let them out into their new home. After happily watching them for a while, Beckett named them all and decided to name the poor blue fish Leader, because it seemed to him that he was just that. It was a big night for him and his new swimming pets.
The next morning we had a sad discovery though. Beckett called me in to his room after searching for Leader, and not finding him. I figured he was just hiding out somewhere. As I looked closely I saw a bit of blue underneath the filter and my heart sank. His poor little fish that he'd rescued from the store hadn't survived the night. We were all sad. Beckett was the saddest of course, and we explained to him that he'd probably been towards the end of his little life already and that Beck had shown him more love and a better home than he'd ever known even if it was just for one night.
Beckett's doing better and loves the fish so much. He's determined to watch them and study them and take good care of them (with a whole lot of help from me). Onward we go on this fish adventure!
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