Ridgell's Originals

You would think I had learned something over the last thirty years, but evidently not.

We had Jake (3) and Avery (2) last weekend and we are in the backyard with wading pool and Lucky (3 month old Golden Retriever). Lucky is in his cage so kids can play. I am grilling for supper. Mimi asked if I can manage to watch the grandkids for a minute while she fixes something in the kitchen.

Just a minute later (seriously, not more than a minute), I hear Avery knocking on the door and calling "Mimi". I turn and look -- Jake is in the cage and Lucky is in the wading pool. I have no idea how this happened. You would have thought Avery might have called my attention to this series of events, but she apparently thought this called for Mimi's help.

Fortunately, Mimi laughed about it. But she did wonder how I had managed to learn nothing about watching kids in thirty years.

I, on the other hand, was struck by all the wonderful sermon illustrations about putting ourselves in cages, freeing the captives, recognizing when things are not like they should be, getting help (from someone capable of helping), and ... well, you get the idea.

Thanks God for kids and dogs. Life is better for having them around.

And since I am sure all my kids are reading this... it really wasn't as bad as it sounds :)