Hi everyone, I have seen this post and wanted to say thank you to everyone alerting me of it. I made contact with Aly on facebook through messenger and she showed me a picture of the bird that she had found. Unfortunately it was not Mochi and the bird she found was truly the size of a smaller bird.
I also wanted to clarify some things regarding my past posts and to any future posts that I make about Mochi still being missing since I had received comments that were concerned for my health, and other comments that gave me the impression that I was starting to annoy people/starting to "grief farm" since it has been so long and I'm still making these posts. What I wanted to say in regards to those comments is that, well first, thank you for being concerned for my well being, but I truly am fine. In response to comments on my health to my last post specifically, I just wanted to say that everyone moves on/heals differently and just because I make these posts of Mochi still being missing, it doesn't mean I'm stuck in a bad place/can't function properly. It takes me probably a maximum of 2 minutes to make posts about Mochi still being lost and if that's considered me not being able to move on, then so be it. It's the least I can do for someone I loved and still love dearly. In regards to comments that have accused me of grief farming or that have given me the impression that I'm starting to annoy people because I still post about Mochi even after so long, again, I'm sorry for being annoying and I have acknowledged this in some past posts. That is why I have always tried to be intentional in spreading out these posts so that I make them from time to time and not spam them. To be honest, like I said, if making a 2 minute post from time to time and deciding to spend some of my free time on Mochi is me not being able to let go, then so be it. I really am in a good spot mentally and I know that I probably won't ever get him back. I do know this and because I do know it, I have considered that maybe I'm making this subreddit indulge in what could be considered my selfish desires at this point (with it being so long and all), but I really do feel that it's the least I can do for Mochi. I don't consider myself doing a lot and I don't think me making these posts really harms anyone outside of some people maybe being annoyed. Sorry if I came off as rude at any point, but I just wanted to share my honest thoughts. Again, thank you everyone for keeping me and Mochi in your thoughts, and for anyone who is bothered by my posts in the future, please just ignore me.