#Microblog Mondays: Nothing Gold Can Stay

Ah, but it was amazing to have a butterfly burst into being in our home because we were reluctant to throw out a green worm in our local, organic broccoli.

Every day was an adventure -- would he still be there? Where would he be?

But alas, I fear that the Lucky Attack was fatal, just belatedly so.

One week after we discovered his existence in our kitchen, I came home from work to find Broc's lifeless (but still beautiful) body in with the Christmas Cactus.

It was a beautiful week, and while he was only with us a short time, he was a sort of tiny miracle that came from a small act of kindness.

I did the documenting of his short life in part tongue-in-cheek, but I was genuinely saddened to find his empty husk of a butterfly body last week.

Even though it was sad, it was also kind of lovely to celebrate a beautiful moment that passed quickly but that we stopped to appreciate and enjoy.

As one of my students said in an index card condolence card, RIP Broc. Fly free in the flower fields in the sky.

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