Well, she’s back. It was a few weeks ago when we first saw her. I am always amazed when I see some of the beautiful creatures God has given us. But I guess I should back up and tell the whole story.
It was early morning. Linda and I were reading our morning worship literature when I was being thankful for all the beautiful things that we have every day to enjoy. It was then when I looked out of the window into our back yard. And there she stood. A solid white bird standing nearly four feet tall, not making a move, but carefully looking for something to eat. It would take very small steps that were hardly noticeable until she spotted exactly what she was looking for at which time she would send her long sharp beak to quickly swallow it up. She then would look up at us as if to say, “I got it!” After a few feedings she would fly over to our pool and stretch her long, long neck over so as to get a drink of water. It was like watching animal kingdom on television.
We watched her for what seemed about thirty minutes until she looked up and saw us watching her. That ended the show for the day. She spread her giant wings and flew over our house. We sat there awed. What kind of bird was she? Was she even a she? We are not birds so we couldn’t tell. I am pretty sure that other birds know, however. All we were certain about was that she was beautiful so she should have been a she.
There were other questions, too. Where did she go? Where was her nest. Did she have a family and were there others like her? And most of all: Would she ever be back?
We will always wonder about most of our questions but we got our answer to the last one the next day. She was back. But this time we knew more about her. You see the Palm Beach Post had her picture in the paper the next day. It was a Great White Egret and was seen near the Earman River. We wanted to write to the Post and tell them that she loved being in our back yard but we thought that might be a little braggy so we didn’t. But it must be true. She has been back every morning since except two we are not sure about. One day while she was out there someone set off a firecracker and scared her. She flew off and wasn’t back for a couple of days. We thought we had lost her forever. And we were sad about it. After all we had adopted her and even named her Dolly. That was so we could sing Hello, Dolly each day when she arrived. We honestly thought that she would never be back.
Yesterday morning. Linda stood up and shouted, “There she is!” I knew right away what she meant and I quickly stood up to see for myself. And there she was, in all her splendid beauty. It was our Dolly. And she again comes back each morning. I think she comes just to say hello to us because she thinks we are special. Somebody must think that because we are blessed with that gift from God each day.
We are truly blessed. Isn’t life wonderful? Let’s share that thought!
