First of all, take a moment to peek over at the right side of the screen to the calender and note that I have blog something for 5 days straight now!  That is a record for me.  Not saying that I blogged anything noteworthy, but I did blog

Now on to my story…..

Almost 3 years ago I purchased a beautiful red betta fish, Reggie the Red Fin Fish, Reggie for short.  He’s in a vase in my kitchen window and he and I spend lots of time together.  I think he’s lived a very long life for a betta and I’ve enjoyed his company.  He doesn’t backtalk, make a mess or disagree with me in any way.  He swims to the side and watches me as I clean the kitchen and causes no drama in this house.  For this I am thankful. 

Now here’s my dilemma.

A few weeks before Thanksgiving I noticed he wasn’t swimming as much and gradually he’s spending more and more time on the bottom of the vase.  He will swim up to get his food but basically floats back down to the bottom.  I’ve taken most of the water out in the past couple of days so he doesn’t have to swim up as high to eat.  I know what’s coming, he’s dying.  I’m not in love with this fish but I hate to see him suffering.  My family thinks I need to flush him and put him out of his misery but I don’t think I can do that.  Not that I’m emotionally attached, I mean, he’s just a fish, but I don’t think I can just toss him out.  I don’t like seeing him the way he is so part of me wonders if I need to just do it.  He’s not going to get any better and I fully expect to go in the kitchen and see that he’s finally died any day now.  Then again, I’ve been thinking that for almost 2 months now. 

Now I know in the grand scheme of life, this isn’t a problem at all.  I’m just wondering what is the “right” thing to do.  What do you think?