A lot led up to our bird, Mr. Plume, escaping. I think the single biggest factor was our own stupidity. Or ignorance. However you want to put it, we just didn’t think that if Mr. Plume ever got out that he would fly away. BUT BOY WERE WE WRONG!

True animal and pet lovers will understand that our LOVE for that bird was on par with any person. He was as much a part of our family as anyone else. So when he got lost, the 25 years of joy we expected to spend with him was instantly ripped away and replace with a lifetime of guilt and misery. Putting up the “MISSING'!” sign below on poles and store windows only made the anguish all the worse.

But then a MIRACLE occurred. Truly a miracle. The story of Mr. Plume’s saga spread through the town I live in (called Celebration), and I was later asked to write it up for Celebration Life Magazine. My Literary Agent and Editor have even suggested turning a version of this highly unlikely, yet true story into a book.