~ REST IN PEACE {RIP} FLOPPY
In July 2000, my sisters and I wanted a pet. A puppy. A cat. A bunny. Anything. When my parents' actually considered allowing us to get a rabbit, my sisters and I were thrilled! We visited a Pet Shop near our church. They had so many cute animals! There was a handful of rabbits. I remember there were two cages that we noticed particularly. One of them had two white female rabbits, and the other one had a small, male, fluffly, floppy-eared black bunny. My sisters and I wanted one of the white ones, but Ann wanted the black one, Floppy. After deciding we finally chose Floppy, and I am so glad that we did.

My cousin chose the name Floppy, because he had "floppy ears" :D He's the only one that did. None of his children/grandchildren inherited his lop-ears. :)

I remember taking him out on our lawn and he'd sortof followed me when I clapped my hands and called him. I remember when he liked to hide in the bushes in our backyard and we'd have to crawl in there to get him out. I remember being upset from my parents or something and I took Floppy out of his cage and I'd just sit with him in the corner of my backyard, holding him and petting him. I remember when we had baby bunnies and we let them "kiss" their grandpa Floppy. I remember how he would run up to the front of his cage whenever you walked by.


Floppy in the Summer. His fur turned brown!


Floppy trying to give you a kiss! He likes to act like a puppy sometimes x)

In December 2007, Floppy breathed his last breath and lay down in his cage for the last time. He was seven and a half years old, pretty old for a rabbit. He was my first bunny and my first real pet (with the exception of goldfish). Since I'm away at college I sometimes forget he's not alive anymore. But I know that every time that I walk by his empty cage, I'll always remember the memories I had holding him and playing with him.

"Wish that I had done just a little more.
Wish that I could see you one more time.
But I know that God holds your life,
Your battle is finally done.
And He said Well Done."

- WELL DONE, by PASSION