I don't deserve to wear these flowers anymore.
I picked 2 lilies from my garden to wear in my hair. Knocked off several ants & an earwig. Thought I had them all clean.
On the drive in to work, I saw an ant running frantically around my passenger seat, near the lilies. Missed one!
I refused to use my finger to pick it up. And when the one tool I had didn't work quickly & easily to pick it up & throw it out the window with, I smashed it.
I refused to let it live in a place where it might pop out of hiding one day and bite me.
I killed an ant because it might bite me one day. As if that would be the end of the world.
For crying out loud, I probably get bitten by a single ant several times a summer in circumstances I can't control as easily.
I have so much work to do on respecting animals' lives.
I'm going to wear the flowers, but I don't deserve it.
Friday, July 2
I Killed An Ant
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