a mother's love

hi all. i wanted to share a little story with you (and it isn't even mother's day yet!). kayla and i were out walking yesterday and happened upon a mama bird and her 2 baby birds. mama bird was squawking at her 2 babies as they were standing in the road and she wanted them up on the sidewalk. they were so tiny, that i didn't think they would be able to get back up on the curb because it was too high. she saw us and started flapping her wings and making a racket - to distract us from her babies. well, we kept walking and then on our way back, we saw the mama bird again. she was in distress, as her babies (now 3 of them) were in the road. even daddy bird was hollering at the babies. but they were just too tiny and couldn't get up on the sidewalk. so, i went over (with kayla patiently at my side) and picked up two of the baby birds and put them on the sidewalk where mama bird was. i had to stop traffic to get the third one as s/he went running across the road. i scooped him/her up and brought him/her back to the side where mama bird was. these babies were soo incredibly light - maybe 3-4 oz apiece. when i put them on the ground, they were a bit stunned but then toddled away. during this of course, mama bird was absolutely beside herself. imagine how we must have looked to her. gigantic predators coming to harm her babies. well, she went crazy, pretending she had a broken wing, lying down and just squawking like mad. i wanted to her to know that i wasn't going to harm her babies but instead wanted to help. i didn't want the babies to get run over!
i suppose this year, i was affected more deeply by mama bird than i may have been in the past. this mama bird would do ANYTHING for the safety of her babies. we are all the same, you know. all of god's creatures have a special bond between mother and child. now that i am a mother, i too would do anything for the safety of claire. i hope that if i am ever in a similar situation, someone unexpected would secure her safety.
until next posting, show some kindness and love for all god's creatures on this day (easter) and every day. you never know when might need it back.
lynn
p.s. easter pics are coming. mark is going to put them up later today.