Ivy (2017)

 Ivy is my mantis horror story - the one thing I should never do ever again. 

Every year at my grandmother's house, there is a Halloween party. We went in 2017 just like in any other year. 

During the party, my mom, who had been at the hospital with my younger brother, called my grandmother to say that my brother had leukemia and we were going to be staying at Grandma's house for about a week. Ivy was at home alone, and I didn't bother to ask Dad to bring me home for a few minutes so I could grab her - which I could easily have done.

The predictable result is that Ivy died sometime a few days after Halloween 2017, probably from dehydration. Never again.