"It's Lent again. The anniversary of pandemic. It was this time last year that Petey came into my life unbidden. She left the same way. Coming and going, this budgie has marked me, as indelibly as her bright yellow back, lime green belly, and embroidered black wings marked her.
"I never really looked at birds before. Now I notice them all. Petey gave me this gift: seeing the oceans of life teeming in the sky and trees around me."
In a recent commentary in U.S. Catholic, writer Alice Camille reflected on a loose parakeet, the pandemic, the loss of a friend, and the blessing of hope
To access the complete essay, please visit:
U.S. Catholic: A parakeet's plight offers hope (March 2021)
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