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QUESTION: An update for you the good news is all my fish are doing well and when I move and my fish pond is ready and water quality and everything is fine I will be getting more fish the bad news is I had a bad week as my nan died on tuesday night. Will you have a word with these two goldfish of mine haha. They have a bad case of the cheekies and just start being rather cheeky Dasher the splasher was giving me funny looks today when I fed them and makeing me laugh. They seem to take an interest in me walking past the fish tank they are in.

ANSWER: Hi Danielle,
Deepest sympathy Dear, so sorry to hear this news.  
Dasher, and Splasher are healthy little devils aren't they?  When I think back to all the problems you had, I'm so happy that they are doing well.  How nice that you have a pond for them!  These two fish are spoiled rotten!  lol  Goldfish are little gluttons, and expect you to feed them every time you pass by their tank!!  Splasher will be in his glory in a pond, splashing away, trouble is, you might get spashed a little more!!
Have a nice Easter Holiday.
Lynda

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QUESTION: I had alot of problems to begin with didn't I. Now look at them Dasher is always splashing me if I go to feed them. He just splashed me again the cheeky devil. They are spoilt rotten aren't thy. I do tend to spoil them. They are haveing a new pond as this pond nothing works on it except for me. Getting them a new bigger pond and eventually going to add more fish to it when it is ready. I don't mind being splashed when O go into clean the filter take that out  to clean it they tend to go after my fingers so I have goldfish on my fingers nobody else will lift the filter out they love their mummy. It tickles when they go for fingers. I'm trying to come up with a poem to read for my nan as the funeral is not this week but next week. I'm failing miserably though.

ANSWER: The words will come, it's too recent, and the shock of losing one so close to you, will take a little time.  
You know, Dasher might give you little ones...wouldn't that be cute?  They are beautiful fish, especially when they are well cared for.  They sure aren't missing anything with their Mommy, I know how close you feel towards them.  They will grow much bigger too, in a pond.  They have come a long way since you last wrote me.  I oftened wondered about you, and your little fish.  I'm happy that they are doing so well.
Take care, and don't worry about the poem.  The words will come to you soon, you will see.
Lynda

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QUESTION: Awww shucks thank Lynda. I do try to take very good care of them. Went to a pet shop that sells alot of fish not long after I lost Nemo and saw an orange pleco I was like an orange pleco now theres something I have never seen before. These two are beautiful fish yes. Dasher and Splasher say hello. Forgot  to say I have been in hospital recently Got discharged not the thursday just gone but the thursday before. I never got to say see my nan due to that. I wanted so much to see her before she left but it was not to be. That's just given me an idea for the poem.

Answer
Hi Danielle,
That's too bad that you didn't have a chance to see her, but sometimes it is best this way as you will remember her the way she was.  It's so difficult to see someone you love pass away, and the memory of this, never goes away.  I have seen both my parents die, and although I remember the good times, the vision of them dying is still very fresh in my mind.
You see, the words will come to you, and I am sure you will write a beautiful poem.  I'm sorry to read that you were in the hospital.  I hope that you are much better now.
Take care of yourself.
Lynda