In Memoriam...

My gifts were all packed in the car. My personalized "Jennifer" santa hat was resting on my passenger seat, waiting to be thrown on my head to greet my family with two armfuls of christmas gifts. It was the last turn of the 45 minute drive up to Sussex, and then it happened. Coming over the top of the hill was a little squirrel standing on his hind legs like a little meerkat. There wasn't enough time to react; to stop. Instead of fleeing to his left, he chose to ran in the other direction, the wrong direction, under Molly the Civic. The santa hat never left my car that morning and I showed up in tears instead of holding gifts. So here's to your little life, meerkat-like squirrel...