Intro:

Hi everyone! Thank you for choosing to read "Oh My Bird: A Memoir (ongoing)"! This is my fourth story and second memoir here on Wattpad! So far, I have

1. "My Scoliosis Journey: A Memoir (completed)"

2. "Torn Apart but Put Together (completed)"

3. "Birds Versus Chicks (ongoing)"

and now 4. "Oh My Bird: A Memoir (ongoing)"

Disclaimers:

By the way, I'm going to stop asking people to read my story every time I finish reading theirs because I don't want them to feel like they're forced to read something they don't want to. Instead, I'll keep on writing and updating and wait for the readers to come in as they want to. On the other hand, I'll still be as active as I am now on Wattpad. Due to that, this story may not get as many reads, comments, and votes as my previous stories, but I don't care anymore. I want this story to be full of people who like my work.

This will be an ongoing journey with my lovely birds, and in this, although I don't know whether they can understand human language or not, I'll pretend they do. To make it even more intriguing, they'll be able to communicate with each other! Here are some changes in text styles from "Birds Versus Chicks":

Italics = internal thoughts

Bold = communication through the birds (bird to bird)

Normal = actions and dialogue (yes, my birds can talk human language)

This memoir is a little out of date (like my other memoir) but hopefully still meaningful and amazing!

You guys seemed to have loved my previous memoir, so here's another one :) Remember, this is a memoir about myself so it's obviously going to have my thoughts on the situations that occur. Some may agree while others may not. Don't be too harsh in comments towards me or anyone in my memoir because I don't share them here for revenge. It's simply to share my story and experiences I have had with them. You guys can do so on my regular stories (that I made up using my imagination) but not on memoirs.

I know I have mentioned this is the description, but I just wanted to emphasize the fact that this story will include an argument about wing clipping. Yes, it is a TRIGGER WARNING. I'll put a warning in the beginning of the chapters that contain it, so there won't be any reason for y'all to come at me. Don't say I didn't warn ya...

I suppose one can say this story has multiple main characters, something new I'm trying.

Some people mentioned in this story will have slightly modified names because I'm nice. I'll be mentioning my BFF in this story as well, and for those who have read "My Scoliosis Journey: A Memoir (completed)", she's the same person who asked me The Question. Also, some relationships in this memoir are altered as well, but the dialogue and feelings are all real.

This memoir is the first part in a series, but because I'm still experiencing the second part of it (going to be the second memoir), it won't be here until I feel like it has a good stopping point to put here. After this, I'm thinking of going in chronological order for my memoirs. I hope you all will enjoy this though! I've worked really hard on it.

Despite the unpredictability of each event, I'll try to smooth it out nicely.

Other works:

As I said in the description, I have a solution for a parrot care guide: my website! It's dreamwithbirds.com (if anyone's lazy, tell me to pm it to you). This memoir will focus solely on the first few years of owning birds, and although my website will mention a few things about my experience, I won't go into detail about how each event furthers my life and lessons I learned along the way until this memoir. Leave your comments on it :) I'll be active daily like I am on Wattpad. Updates can range from once a week to twice a month since it's not my main project. The website will be more up to date.

Also, if you guys would like to see my birds' pictures and videos, follow them on Instagram: @dream_with_birds Yes, I will include some of the pictures of them from the Instagram account in this story in particular, but the Instagram account itself is purely there for more entertainment :) Oh, yes, Instagram is part of this memoir (though I'll have a future memoir on it specifically). I post every few days, so it's up to date.

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel if you're a bird lover: It'll come in later in the story, but enjoy the content for now :) I post every Saturday, so again, it's up to date.

One can say I'm extremely passionate about birds without even reading and/or watching anything due to every project I do for them: this memoir, my bird website, my bird Instagram, and my YouTube channel haha.

Story to read before this story:

Read "My Scoliosis Journey" because I will be mentioning my condition here. It isn't mandatory, but it will become difficult to understand certain scenes from my point of view without that knowledge. Don't worry, it won't be long.

Different ways to read this story:

Read it chronologically

Pro: everything will come together naturally as each chapter ends

Con: A little repetitive

Read my perspective first and then the birds' perspective collectively

Pro: you'd have the birds' story along with mine to piece together, which might be fun since humans and birds are quite different yet similar

Con: it might be a little confusing to reclick on certain chapters and scroll to the right perspective

Read each perspective at a time (there are five in total)

Pro: this way, one can really dig deep into one character at a time

Con: Again, one may find it confusing to relick on certain chapters and scroll to the right perspective

Miscellaneous yet important information:

There'll be a gift(s) in each chapter as well, so read on to find out what that gift(s) is! If you stick around until the end, the gifts will increase. I promise.

Please don't be a silent reader. Comments and votes make my day :)

Add this story to your library and reading list to get notified every time I

update!

One last thing, please add this story to your library and reading list to get notified every time I update. My update schedule for this memoir will be three chapters every Saturday, but things pop up in life, so having notifications on would greatly help :) If I can't keep up, I guarantee that there'll be at least one chapter on Saturday. This is another project!

Just like in "Birds Versus Chicks (ongoing)", I'll still be doing dedications for those who do one or more of the following:

Read, comment, and vote (if they liked it) on all present chapters,

Add this story to their reading list

Share this story on their message board

Any other service in regards to this memoir (you readers can pick and I'll either add it in or ignore it)

However, don't only do these things to get a dedication. Only do them if you truly like this story.

Hopefully I won't bore you guys too much bc Ik not everyone is as passionate about birds as I am but I'm gonna limit each month to three main events. I think it's the perfect amount because just one event might not capture everything I wanna say (it'll just be a jumbled mess) while if I do more than three, again, u guys might get bored. Something cool happens almost every day but uh...YA MOVING on

Alright, now that I've covered everything you need to know, put on your seatbelts and prepare yourselves for a roller coaster of emotions!