Well, today I've officially had my first experience with complete fright where my children are concerned. We were all outside in the garage visiting with some friends. Kacie was sitting by the door to the house playing with our shoes; Stephanie was playing with her table and chair set by her daddy's workbench (also by the door to the house). My friend looks over toward the door and says (calmly I might add), "Ummm, there's a snake over there." Now mind you my baby is sitting right by where I now see this black snake slither by. I, not as calmly, pick Kacie up and grab Stephanie's hand and move them back away from the area.
Now my husband and my friend's husband, armed with shovels, attempt to remove the snake from the garage. However, the cunning snake hides underneath the shelving unit containing all of our outdoor chemicals (not a shelf you want to tump over). They start moving the shelf very carefully and the snake only moves further away from them. Charlie gets a piece of PVC pipe to "push the snake out" so that our friend's husband can kill it. Yeah!!! Mom's REAL happy right now.
Needless to say they did finally kill the snake. It was about a foot long, and Charlie thinks it was a water moccasin (nice huh?). Now, to why God is so good. Kacie had been sitting there the whole time and never bothered the snake and the snake never bothered her. I know God was watching over my baby today. And someone else was there who could help Charlie take care of the snake without it having to be me.
Thank you God for watching over us today!
1 comment:
The joys of living in the country(ish)!! Glad God was watching over your sweet little one. His strength is the only way I've survived all the creepy crawlies I've had to adjust to around here. I even killed a spider the size of my hand on the back prch the other day. Gotta love a good broom! And did I tell you we had a bat in the house at one point!?!?! Ugh.....
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