Gracie Rose's story began on the night of 5-27, and of Daisy's passing.  In my sleep, I tried to think of a name for Sammy's new companion.  I thought of every name and while I was struggling to find one, in a dream, GOD helped me think of one, HE asked me, "What about Gracie Rose?"  I liked it, but my reply in the dream was, "We already have a money tree I named Gracie Rose."  But I also liked the name and the following night after Daisy had been laid to rest, Mom and I were talking about the next day, and I told her that GOD thought of Gracie Rose and she really liked it.  So, we decided that we would have two Gracie Roses in the house.  I also saw online on the same night of our discussion that PETSMART was having a sale on their birds, cages, and other accessories.  Mom and I made plans to go the next morning and find our new feathered friend.  I told her that I wanted to go as soon as possible to beat the heat because anything past 80 degrees would be fatal for Gracie Rose.

On the morning of 5-28 -25, Mom got up later than I liked, but we were still able to go in the morning, once we got there, we looked at all of the Budgies, or parakeets. Until one of them caught my eye, but my mom also saw one that looked just like Sammy, and I told her that I didn't think that Sammy would want a minnie version of himself.  So, we kept on looking and told the young lady that wanted to help us, that we were still looking, but we both looked at the one I liked, and then Mom liked the same one, with a pretty white head, and we liked the bird's color a smokey kind of blue, and Mom liked the wings too, there was some of the same blue at the top, with white and black.  We watched the bird as it kissed another bird, and I thought they were a pair that I did not want to break up, but he left, or the one we were watching left. Then while we waited, the bird took a little nap, but it's also opened and checked to see if we were still there. Mom and I talked about it, and we knew that we had a connection.  When the young lady returned, we decided to pick out the cage first, then after some looking, we all decided that the 22- inch -tall cage from Essential Home was the one that would be good, it was bigger and it would allow Gracie to fly a little it also allowed more space.  Once the cage was in the cart, I selected a new toy, it was a mirror that was decorated like a back board with red lines on it, along with a red basketball on a chain with a metal bar and a white hoop. Then, we went back over to the enclosures, and we were ready to get our new feathered friend.  We showed her the bird or Budgie that we wanted, and she was sure that the bird was a female. She also thought that the name Gracie Rose was cute.  She caught Gracie for us, and put her in a bigger box, so we talked about how to put the bird in the cage, I told her what happened to Sammy, so she suggested to do it in a dark room, or turn the lights off, and that Gracie would land on the floor, so that I could pick her up, and place her in the cage.

She also showed me some paper litter that was for cats, but it was made of the same material, and it was dust free, so we decided to try it out.  I also filled out Gracie's adoption papers, then we paid for everything, and when we walked out, I was afraid it was too hot even for the late morning, but GOD took care of that, HE sent clouds and a cool breeze! Still, I made sure that we got Gracie into the car, Mom held her, with a seatbelt on, and I finished putting everything into the trunk, on the way home, we talked to her, called her Gracie Rose and she surprised us when she chirped all the way to our house!  I think she was the first bird to do that.  Still, she was not a fan when I had to stop the car, but we got her home safely, I took her into the house, and she was happy to be out of the car.  I let my mom in, and I brought in the cage and other things, before I ate the fastest breakfast, after I took her to my room. I wanted Sammy to see that he had a new friend, before we had left that morning, he had mastered how to turn on the fountain with his chirps, but he did not mind when I took it away.  Gracie's box sat on my dresser across the way from Sammy, and I put that cage together really fast, because Gracie's box was moving around, I even saved her from falling off, she was a little jumping bean!  She wanted out of that box, so I set up the toys, gave her some millet, her seed and water, and then I was ready to put her in her new home. I was also relived when I saw that her box went right into the new cage, so I slowly opened the box and helped her out.  After I said, "Hi girlfriend, Hi Gracie Rose," I put some towels and her cover, before I carried her back to our room.  Then, I allowed Sammy some time to get to know Gracie, he studied her, but he was a lot happier and that night he started softly gurgling again!  

The next morning on 5-29-25, Gracie Rose was ready for her first picture that I took with my cell phone and here it is.

She posed with her foot in her feathers. I also think she closed her eyes, Aww.  

Gracie also came with a requirement she had to see a Vet as part of her care.

I will share more of her story and about the Avian Vet search next time.

Until Next Time!

Enjoy Your Weekend!

God Bless!