"The Miracle of the Bunnies"
M-Bug has been amazingly strong and happy through this whole transition. As I mentioned in the last post we tried to get her excited about coming to our house by telling all the exciting things that she'd find there. She's crazy about animals so I told her about the bunnies that sometimes hop around our back yard. This is the one thing she really grabbed on to and used it has her coping mechanism. Whenever she would start to get homesick for Nana she would cry for a few seconds and then in her sweet emotional voice say, "I'll see the bunnies? I want to see the bunnies." Then she would calm down and cheer right up. It was sad and sweet and inspiring all at the same time.
After we picked up the other girls at the sitter, we still had about an hour and a half drive, until we got home. M-Bug had a little Nana moment and fixed it by talking about the bunnies. I told everyone to pray their hearts out, for M-Bug's sake, that there would be bunnies in our yard. While saying my own prayer in my heart I thought, "This isn't how this whole prayer thing works. I can't just turn to the Lord and say, 'Please place bunnies in my yard in about one hour. Thank you,' like I'm ordering at a fast food restaurant." So, instead I told Him that I know He knows what M-Bug needs and if she really needs those bunnies to comfort her they will be there. And if not, it wasn't because the Lord wasn't listening, but because M-Bug was going to be okay.
We got home, no bunnies. The night went on, we got everyone in bed and things were great. The next morning we all helped get Magster and Coco off to school. Daddy K, who has asked that I refer to him as Big Daddy from here on out, took the Booch and M-Bug out to play.
A few minutes later I heard him calling me and telling me to come outside.
M-Bug and her darling swim teacher.
Once the Bugaboo mastered the kickboard she refused to let anyone help her. Even after slipping off and going under she got back on and said, "Don't help me. I can do it myself."
