“This bird has been with me for a very long time. I think it looks like a small sparrow. I was visiting Nevis from Saint Kitts and we went to a craft factory. There was a bin of broken things that weren’t being sold. I felt like I needed to rescue him. No one else knew it would be special. It was almost no money.
Once I was walking down the street with my mom—before she got really sick. I guided her around this bird that was eating something on the ground. She noted that we walked out of the way not to bother him and she said she was proud of
me for that. It made me proud of myself. I acted to protect the bird in a small way.
I saved the nose for a long time but then I lost that. I told myself I would glue it back on. Now it just looks like a seal.”