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Married twenty-five years to my wonderful husband and best friend. We have 3 "home-grown" kids and 1 hand-picked by God from Africa. Our life is blessed. We are a close knit family with strong Christian beliefs. Come along with us on our journey…you might have a great laugh or two.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

An amazing thing happened...

Today, God showed up and answered the prayers of a crying little girl.  After 4 days missing we found our escaped gerbil and our little girl couldn't beam any brighter.  My husband and I are absolutely shocked as to how this all played out. 

Our house is a story and a half.  Our little girl's room is located on the second floor.  This gerbil must have like a bazillion lives for here's everything this animal had to overcome.  First and foremost, it had to figure out a way to get out of its cage...that was from a hole on the top (we have since tape shut).  Then it had to fall 4 1/2 feet from the top of a desk, make its way down 19 steps (all hardwood, I might add), past the dog's bed...which sleeps basically at the foot of the stairs, down 12 more steps (which leads to the basement), all the while NOT waking up or disturbing the dog.  We found her behind a playhouse in the middle of the play area.  And let me be the first to say...

...gerbils are so incredibly fast.  We had her cornered twice with four people surrounding her and she still ran past us.  Finally we were able to get her into her cage and I can safely tell you that upstairs right now I have 3 kids (our oldest sleeps in a large room in the basement) and two gerbils fast asleep.  Trust me...I definitely did a head count.

One gerbil found...mission accomplished.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Lock down mode...

Tonight we are in an all out lock down mode.  We were at a swim meet all day and returned late this evening to find that one of my older daughter's gerbils (which she got for her birthday in August) escaped from her cage.  She is absolutely heartbroken and sobbing herself to sleep.  I realize that this really does sound so small in comparison to everything that people face...but to this special little girl of mine, it has crushed her heart.  We have searched and searched...but with a dog loose in the house all day as well, the odds are not in this gerbil's favor.  So as we are getting ready to go to bed, we placed several items around the house in hopes of still finding this gerbil.  But more importantly, we said a little prayer for the little girl whose feeling so very sad.