For those of you that have been following the saga of Chrys, Emily and the newly emerged “Freedom,” I thought I would give you and update on their status.
Freedom had some difficulties upon his (her) arrival. She got stuck on her back while her wings were drying. After kicking furiously for about 10 minutes, we decided to stick in a small pipecleaner for her to grab. She got a hold of it and we turned her over, but the damage was already done. She has a sadly crumpled wing and is not flying.
So this morning, we decided to release Chrys and Emily, but hold onto Freedom for another day in hopes that she (he) will recover. Here are some photos of the grand release.
Emily is the first out of the bungalow. She grabbed onto my finger and allowed herself to be lifted out and photographed. Isn’t she gorgeous?
We placed her on a rose in our garden.
Chrys — always the independent one (first out of the chrysalis as you might remember) — chose to fly out on her own. She quickly took refuge on a white rose.
And clambered inside to hide.
My kids had fun watching them adjust to the outside world. We had some good chats about what it was like to go of into the world.
We were a little nervous about all the birds waiting around expectantly. Here’s a scrub jay on the power lines.
And here is Freedom with the crumpled wing. I think there is a lesson here, but I’m waiting until it fully plays out. My daughter was in tears this morning: “How can she be named Freedom if she can’t go free?” I wasn’t quite sure what to tell her. We’ll be praying for the little bug, that’s for sure. Hopefully we’ll have good news to report tomorrow. We’ll also be praying for safety for the two that have gone free. My daughter was sad to see them go. We decided it was both happy and sad. It’s just like when someone we love goes to be home with Jesus. Sad for us, glorious for them.
I will be praying for Freedom, too.
Too cool! Awesome post…I think I might just have to try this out. It looks like fun and is obviously full of good lessons!