Wings Spread To Heaven

Rafe Rackstraw 2/14/96-5/18/13



Rafe was Hand Raised From His Egg & Given To Me As Gift At Age 8 months From My Boyfriend At The Time. We Were in HMS Pinafore Together & He Was Playing Rafe. So That's Where My Bird Got His Name.

Here's Little Rafe in Flight. Also known as Rafie, Scuttlebutt & F**ker. He Also Knew When He Was Being Talked About & Always Had Something To Say In Response.



He Was Always A Silly Bird...Here He's Using His Bell As A Hat. I Remember Having to Yell At Him To Stop Humping His Girlfriend While Guests Were Over.

Here We All Are: Rafe, Me, Juliet, Kyra & Akasha. What A Crazy Family But All Very Much Loved!

Rafe Loved To Take Baths. Although I'd Often Find Him Trying To Do So In His Water Dish. So Then He'd Need A Second Bath.

See How Pretty He is After His Bath. He Would Even Stare Into His Mirror & Chirp At Himself. He Also LOVED To Tear Up Paper. I Always Had To Keep An Eye On My Important Papers Or He'd Demolish Them.

Rafe Was Always Up For Some Play Time. Rafe & I Had a Game Where He would Throw His Head Around & Chirp Loudly. I Would Repeat it To Him but Would Say.."No! YOU Come Here!" & We Would Repeat Until My Neck Was Sore.



Rafe Also Ran The House & That Included Keeping The Cats In Line. He Had NO Issue Pulling Out the Whiskers of A Cat That Got Too Close.



That Also Includes Keeping My Guests In Line As Well. I Used to Say That He Had More Testosterone Then Anything Else In the House.



Rafe Traveled With Me Everywhere Including 4 Moves To Different States. He Actually Was the Best Traveler of The Bunch!



Here is Rafe in His Halloween Decorated Home. Kyra Is Meeting Rafe For Her First Time.

Both Rafe & Juliet Passed On To Heaven In May, just a year apart. Now Grandpa Lou Has Little Help Keeping My Girls In Line Up There!

With A Heavy Heart, We Say Goodbye To My Wonderful Rafe. You Were A Great Companion & It Was 17 Years of Wonderful. I Miss YOU Little Man!!