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*What Little Boys Do*  1/31/02

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My wife Kristi and my two young boys, Caleb and Connor
just got back from a two week vacation down in Florida!!
It is so good to see them again!  Of course, as soon as
they left the warm weather and came back to Wisconsin
the weather turned cold and we got about 5 inches of snow!

Well, today's story by Pamela Jenkins reminded me so
much of Caleb and Connor that I had to share it today...

From my family to yours,
Michael

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What Little Boys Do

by Pamela Jenkins


"Austin!  Did you leave the water running outside?"

My oldest daughter stood near the barn, surveying
the large area of mud around one of the outdoor
faucets.  In the middle of the waterlogged mess
could be seen, very clearly, the stamps of small
shoe prints.

Seven-year-old Austin stood beside her, also looking
over the mud puddle and incriminating evidence.  His
eyebrows puckered in a frown.  Well, he started to
explain, there was some mud here and he just wanted
to play in it a little.  He didn't think he'd left any water
running, though.

It's long been a joke in our family that my son must
have been patterned after the little boy in the Family
Circle cartoon.  He can cover miles and miles of
interesting terrain in the time it takes to travel between
points A and B.  If you send him on a simple trek to
the backyard to retrieve a basketball, he will take all
sorts of fascinating side trips and get lost in the wonder
of the moment.  It's a big world out there, full of things
that little boys need to investigate.

One day last week, I watched my son walking through
the yard with his school backpack.  Something must
have captured his attention, because he set the bag on
the ground and hustled away.  Well, that's sure to get
damp overnight, I thought to myself.  I went over to pick
it up and put it away.  Then I noticed it moving.

Very slowly, one of my speckled Dominique hens
poked her head out and looked around as if checking
to see if the coast was clear.  Then she came out of
the backpack, gave her feathers a good ruffling, and
calmly walked away clucking to herself. 

"Austin!  Why is there a chicken in your backpack?"

Austin came back and told me that he had found the
hen sitting on a hidden nest.  He was just putting her
back in the chicken pen.  We had a talk about leaving
the laying hens alone.  They're doing just what I want
them to do, eating bugs and crickets and cleaning up
the yard in general. It's not a good idea to rough up a
hen full of eggs, anyway.

Yesterday, I was trying to take a nap before the
evening church services.  Austin knocked on the
bedroom door and came in.  He handed me part of
his tooth.

"Austin!  How did you break off a tooth?"

He explained that he was just taking our dog, Carly,
out for a walk. They got their legs tangled in the leash,
and he fell down and chipped his front tooth.  Both he
and the dog got in trouble with my husband.

I took Austin to the dentist this morning, who did a
patch job on the front tooth.  We talked about crowns
and caps later on.  When we got home, I did a patching
job of my own with Spouse.  In all fairness, the dog wasn't
totally to blame.  And besides, it could just as easily
been a baseball, roller skates or martial arts class that
caused the chipped tooth.

A short while ago, I stood in the kitchen washing the
supper dishes.  I looked out the window.  My son was
heading to the barn with his skateboard under one arm
and a cat under the other.

"Austin...!"

It's hard to keep up with all the things that little boys do.

Pamela Jenkins
ramblinrabbit@juno.com

Write Pamela and let her know your thoughts on her story!

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Pamela Jenkins lives on a farm in Oklahoma with
Stanley, her veterinarian husband of twenty-one years,
and their four children.  They are avid supporters of 4-H
and FFA youth activities.  Pamela enjoys reading,
crocheting and raising Satin rabbits.

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Hello, Michael!  The longer I wait...the more difficult it becomes to pull those words from my heart to express my gratitude.  You're confidence in my story...the heartfelt introduction...and the incredible responses I am still getting from your subscribers is the most humbling experience imaginable.  It does "do the heart good" to know there ARE such marvelous human beings in this world...eager, appreciative, and willing to share.  My husband is in a state of shock!  He is beside himself with disbelief...Australia, Africa, Florida, California, Texas...and some unknown places!  I'm trying to respond to the most poignant replies...at least a word of "thanks" to others.  I promised my church to help out with a bit of correspondence that I still have to finish...and it's so hard, because all I want to do now is write...stories are popping up and I need to get them down!  I have a new 'Dragon' voice command system that I am training with, because it is tough for me to type or write, physically.  Last night I got another "news flash" from the ENT that another surgery is expected (or in my case, unexpected) quickly!  It'll be a good thing...since breathing is a real issue with me, and weighing in aspects of asthma and sleep apnea...it would be an energizing thing to have resolved!  Enough of that stuff....I have stories to write!!!  You, your Faith, the writers, and subscribers have been the best medicine anyone could ever dream of....I won't let you down.  God bless you all, and your wonderful, supportive Family.  It is so good to feel part of something like this in a small way.  I have one person in particular that needs a little bit of encouragement from me...a subscriber...and I bet you'll have another writer in no time!  What a feeling...sharing and encouraging!  Again...thank you and please know my prayers are with you.  With my deepest regard.
Chris Hayde, author of Monday's story, "Scooter Nights"
PrettyGBC@cs.com

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Thought For The Day:

"I have held many things in my hands and lost them all;
but the things I have placed in God's hands, those I
always possess." --Earline Steelburg


Verse for the Day:

"...for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded
that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto
him against that day." 2 Timothy 1:12

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Please pray for a young lady who is dealing with
thoughts of suicide...
Thanks.
Michael
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/_/\/\    MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\  /    HeartTouchers@aol.com  
/_/  \    "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no
\_\/\ \   longer live, but Christ lives in me.  The life I
  \_\/   live in the body I live for the Son of God, who    
          
loved me and gave Himself for me."
          
Galatians 2:20
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