R.I.P. David

It is with sadness that I must inform my audience that David, our 17 day-old sucker fish, has died.

I never knew that a 5 year-old could become so attached to a little fish that spent most of his days in the pump sucking up the goldfish poop and tank grime. Alas, we had a very tearful (VERY tearful for Eliza) parting tonight and sent little David back to the ocean via our toilet.

What an interesting opportunity to talk about the Plan of Salvation with my little kids. Their major solace was that David's spirit is now in heaven with DeeDee (D's mom passed away when he was 17). By the way, it is really hard to talk about fish resurrection with a strait face.