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ANTONIO'S PHOTOS PAGE 9
Antonio on my lamp:-) (July 25th, 2002)
Sadly I have to tell you that I let Antonio free on August 1st, 2002! I still cannot stop crying because I miss my most special boy sooooo much, my heart aches. But I realized it was best for him, to live in nature's freedom, the life of a real wild bird, a real magpie. I know he will make it out there, he's got the strongest personality I've ever seen in an animal! I think of him as the KING of Locarno :-)

I will never forget him or the many things his deep love taught me. The bond we had will always stay in my heart, and I hope it will soon fill the void he left behind. I will  forever be thankful to have got the chance to have had this special creature for two and a half month, for being his Mommy, for teaching him everything he needs to know for a long and fullfilled life. I just hope he knows how much I loved him and always will! And that he will never forget his Mommy! There won't be a day that I don't think about my funny boy!

He showed me in every way possible that he's a wild bird and that he needed his freedom more than my love. It broke my heart to let him go, but I did it for him only. How I wish I could have kept him! These last three days were terrible for both of us. I wasn't able to put him back into his cage, he didn't want to and when I finally catched him, he bit me and showed me he wanted to GO!!! It was then that I relalized I had to overcome my selfishness and do what was the best for him and not for me!

As I opened the cage on the balcony, he took off and FLEW!!!!!!!!!!!
Sitting in a tree, I heard his LOUD call, as if he was saying "Thank you Mommy, I am freeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"

Antonio, my special boy, I wish you luck and happiness for a long life! You are the best and please never foget how very much your Mommy LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mommy&my baby! (July 16th, 2002)
Fly my baby, Fly......
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