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Jealous_Sky
Legacy Name: Jealous_Sky

The Nostalgic Hikei
Owner: CrazyBirdLady

Age: 5 years, 5 months, 1 week

Born: December 10th, 2018

Adopted: 5 years, 5 months, 1 week ago

Adopted: December 10th, 2018

Statistics

• Level: 11
   
• Strength: 16
   
• Defense: 12
   
• Speed: 11
   
• Health: 24
   
• HP: 24/24
   
• Intelligence: 165
   
• Books Read: 157
• Food Eaten: 1
• Job: Kennel Cleaner

It was 1995, and we were moving to NH. My daughter was four. My daughter rode in the moving truck with me. My daughter hadn’t yet learned the fear of leaving things behind. We stopped near Pinkham where the mountains reared skyward. The next morning we left Jealous-Sky, my daughters Heiki doll in the motel.

The motel was miles behind us when she remembered. I saw her look around the cab of the big truck. My daughter’s eyes grew wild, as she searched beneath the seat. I knew the answer, but I didn’t know the loss that was suffered. I told her we’d check the next time we stopped, hoping she may forget. My daughter began to sob when I said I couldn’t turn the truck around, that it was too far now to go back. I was only thinking of miles, forgetting that part of parenting is sacrifice.

My daughter wiped her eyes as she told me Jealous-Sky would be all alone. “No one will love him,” she said, and here I’ll say something about love and loss, as soon as I figure out how to remember one without the other. Being a widow myself, it was hard to remember.

She was still sobbing as we eased down out of the mountains, so I made up a story about Jealous Sky being found by a girl who had never owned a doll. By the time we neared our new home she had almost dried her eyes. Later I got her a new Jealous Sky. I never had the heart to tell her it was a story I made up to ease her sadness.

Many years later, in the same motel in which we lost her, we remembered Jealous Sky. We were moving then so I had to push onward. How I wish I could write the lie away. I wish I could move mountains, or time, but I do know now, that it’s never too late to turn around.

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