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THIS HAPPENED TO ME
One Lucky Mother
Is she a model parent who is perfect at parenting?
Watching wildlife feeding their chicks reminds me of my mother. Watching wildlife protecting their young no matter the sacrifice especially reminds me of my mother.
And whether or not you have children of your own, how can you not be touched by a sparrow parent feeding its chicks? Or a starling feeding its chick even when the chick is as big as the parent? Or a parent coot feeding its chicks?
I have watched such tender scenes many times.
In my garden where I provide birds with bird food and fresh water, even the berries that I leave untouched in my blueberry and fuchsia trees. For the birds. They love those berries.
In various lakes around the county in the north of England where my husband and I take our walk and feed (if allowed) the water birds, watching parent birds feed their spring-born chicks is so, so precious.
Such scenes I get to watch — of birds doing their role, that of parents to their offspring — remind me of my own mother.
