15/07/2025
It was a while back when my 4 kids and husband spent a lot of time out at Old Milford House. When we were there, we would dive into the many chores that awaited us, one of which was stacking the wood for the wood-fired oven. The whole family pitched in even my little 5 year old daughter! It was never quite an eventful task except for the day we met Chippie.
Desperate for a pet of any kind…preferably a dog…my kids were constantly asking. I would happily live on a hobby farm but my husband doesn’t share the same dreams…so it was a hard ask.
Back to the wood stacking! I was filling the wheelbarrow with chopped wood by the shed on our property and my eldest would wheel it up to the oven where the rest of the family was ready to stack.
Well it was a huge surprise when I heard my kids screaming for me, “mom, mom, come we found something!!” I ran to find a tiny pink being at the bottom of the wheelbarrow. There she was…a miracle that Chippie was still alive. Immediately, my kids asked if we could take care of it…I said yes and at the same time my hubby said no. Guess who won!!!
I asked my kids what they thought it could be…I mean I had an inkling but when they said perhaps a chipmunk, I convinced myself that was the truth. And so Chippie came home with us. We got all her supplies and did all our research and there I was waking up through the night for this cute little creature trying to give it a second chance. I also couldn’t bare disappointing my kids when we found out Chippie needed to be fed every 4 hours. They looked at me with puppy eyes, “mom, you’ll wake up to feed her, please?!” Of course I will…I mean I’ve had 4 kids…sleepless nights are part of the job….however I just want to add…it’s not the same when it’s not for your own kids! Lol. Anyways, in a very short time, my kids fell in love, but unfortunately Chippie didn’t last the week. Perhaps she did get harmed in the wood stack…we will never know…BUT one thing is for sure…..Chippie was never a chipmunk. We all know what she truly was…hint, hint, nudge, nudge.
Chippie now rests under the shade of one of our trees.