No. 29 - BENRY

Benry was my pet budgie. It's a little hard for me to write this post as I'm full of regret that I let my life get in the way of caring for my little pal. Benry was there through it all for me. I remember letting him nibble the corner of my high school exit grades before I opened the envelope. He also nibbled the corner of every correspondence envelope (for good luck of course) as I went on the path of the grueling uni application process.

I had never had a bird before Benry and truth be told when we first got him I was probably just as scared of him as he was of me. Mum was delegated the duty of "get him out of the box and put him in the cage".

Benry's name came about during a Japanese class. I wasn't paying full attention and remember hearing the teacher say "benri". Instantly I knew that would be his name. Later I found out it meant "convenient".

Love you little guy.