Awaiting Reunion

You saw when the Mama Robin made her nest, and you saw the first chick hatch.  I told you they were about to fly.  And then I might have cried, because my baby was flying to Europe with my parents for the ordination of her uncle.  The longest she had ever been away was about 5 days at a camp that was 40 minutes away (and she was with her cousin).

feathered and ready to fledge

This morning Bilbo came running into my room as I got ready for the day: "Mom! Aragorn's bird flew!"  My boys each picked a bird to name.  Aragorn's was "Gerald", Gimli's was "Buckey", and Bilbo's was "Francie".  I know.  We're nuts.

Today Gerald flew for the first time.  And it was the sweetest thing to watch the Mama Robin greet her chick on the green grass.

I couldn't help but be a little jealous: her chick was safe and sound; on the ground!

Mine is en route!  (prayers again please!)