Let me tell you just a little bit about Sally and Randy. They are just about the sweetest folks you would ever want to meet. We met them a couple months ago when we visited their church, and we are very fortunate to have continued to stay in touch despite choosing to worship among a different congregation of believers. They live on a couple acres of land in a beautiful country subdivision with twisting and turning roads and hills. Along with their two fabulous children, Jonathon and Anna, they have a goat. Her name is Linda, and we love her almost as much as the human members of the family. We've not visited their home more than a couple times, but both times the home smelled like freshly baked yumminess and oozed a sense of peace and calm. Yes, even as Linda was making all sorts of loud (and kinda crazy) goat calls to the girls through the windows, the home retained a comfortable and peaceful feeling. Linda loves company, and although we were told that she was frolicking with about 20 wild turkeys earlier in the week, she clearly prefers the human variety of playmate.
This week, Sally called and said that Randy had cleaned out Linda's water bowl and found several tadpoles...and did we want any? Knowing that the kids would LOVE the idea, I said yes. Now, we have Bob, Alex, Joe, Tailey and about a dozen other tadpoles on our back porch. These tadpoles are getting more mothering than they could have ever hoped for!
As I type this a couple hours after The Great Tadpole Adoption of 2011, the girls are still hovered over the aquarium hoping to see tails shrink and legs sprout, and whatever else happens in-between.
Feeling thankful and happy for all creatures, great and small--for Sally and Randy, and a bucket full of tadpoles.
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