Dear Lele, The Egg's Are Still Warm!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

"Dear Lele,


The egg's are are still warm!  I put the egg's in too fussy (fuzzy) sacks and undr a lamp.  We are on day 11.  I (heart) u!  I hade fun.  Love Freckle Face  P.S. Brie  4-30-12"

The above note was written by our youngest granddaughter, Brie, and is now taped above Chuck's bed in his hospital room.  Several weeks ago, just before all the challenges of the last few weeks had started,  she, her sister Bella and their Dad (Chuck's son) Troy came for a fun-filled 24 hours at the lake.  We played hard that day.....Brie roller skated around the square of our little town, Mt. Vernon, hanging onto the back of her Grandpa's wheelchair.......

We doodled around the lake in the boat.......

We used the golf cart as a ski boat pulling Brie around the neighborhood in her roller skates with Grandpa's extension cord acting as a ski rope.....

But the highlight.....the very best part....was when Bella, Brie and I visited my friend Rita's farm and played with her 2-week old triplet baby goats.....chased the rooster around the yard.....petted the rabbits.....and the girls each took an egg from underneath a chicken home with them.

Brie was especially attached to her egg......she remembered Rita telling her that it takes 21 days for a chicken to hatch from the egg.....and that it had to be kept warm, safe and secure.  We made it a nice soft little bed when we got home, placed blankets around it so it wouldn't crack.....and she carted it off to her house in Dallas.  The egg is now almost ready......she and her best friend next door, have placed a warm light over the egg and are patiently waiting......waiting.....waiting.

As I read her note yesterday for the first time, it dawned on me that throughout the struggles we all encounter in our lives, whether it be losing a parent, a dear friend of many years, a broken hip.......or just the normal every day stuff we all face, we are safe....warm....protected in our Father's incubator arms.....arms that beg to hold us....comfort us....love us.  We just have to ask....

And soon, we won't just feel His arms around us, we'll look Him in the eyes.....and thank Him for these challenging times......