RIP Rachael

Our beloved fish, Rachael, has passed on from us after a lengthy life of almost 3 weeks.  The autopsy report is inconclusive - it could have been a result of lack of feeding for a day or two, over feeding by zealous children on other days, or the food being stored in an old antibiotics medicine bottle.  The paper boat placed inside the fishbowl (the bedlamite responsible for that has not come forward) that sank to the bottom made for a sad shipwreck next to a upside down fish.  I'm starting to think our family isn't ready for the responsibilities of a pet.  Rachael will have left us with some happy memories though - like the time Ruby found a chair pushed up next to the counter where she lived (the culprit here has also not come forward) and had a great time splashing her fingers into the water and learning the word "fish".  May she truly (and for the first time in her existence) rest in peace.