And today was the first day we truly let go of… one of our dear Goldfish (Kim).
For the past four years, we have had two goldfish, Kim & Tim, as they were part of our first haft sin table in celebrations of Norouz. We have had many considerations what to do with our fish (take them with us on the roof rack?), who had become real pets to us: feeding, changing the water and enjoying them playing with the toys and making bubbles or moving the pebbles in the tank.
Two options remained: give them to the pet shop or give them their freedom and hope for the best.

As Kim was ill, we thought the pet shop would be ruthless and flush her through the toilet, so we decided to set her free in the brook not far from our home, the same brook in which we had thrown this year’s sabzi on sizdah bedar, after Norouz. It was a sad moment, emptying the bowl of water with fish into the brook. The moment we noticed however, how she had found her way and seemed totally happy in her new surroundings, was precious and made us feel more at ease with the decision to ‘drop’ her there. No big fish around, no birds either, so good chances on survival.
For Tim we had thought to take him to the pet shop, for sale, so other people might enjoy him, however, after having seen Kim so happy out in the open water, we are thinking of taking Tim there the coming week too.
I know, they are just a few fish, but we had grown accustomed to them and they were part of our life. And obviously we want the best for them. We our freedom, they theirs!