"Everybody's Not Here!"

Yesterday, I stripped all the beds and washed all the sheets. While I was in Daisy's room I weeded through the twelve stuffed animals, and dolls, on her bed. I took six of them out of her room and put them back in their respective toy bins. Hoping, against all hope, that she wouldn't miss them.

Nap time came and went and all was well. I was feeling victorious until fifteen minutes after I put her to bed that night. She'd been singing quietly to herself and everything seemed fine. Then, there were tears. I went in to check on her. She was sitting up and had tiny tears falling down her cheeks. "Everybody's not here!" she cried. I had an inkling about what she meant but, of course, I had to confirm. "What, honey?"

"Everybody's not here! Not bear, not bunny, not Pooh!" Oh, the tears. Of course, I promptly returned to the toy bins to retrieve the six friends that had so wrongfully been evicted from her bed. It was a happy reunion and she feel fast asleep.

How I wish it were that simple to be reunited with my mother, my grandparents, and my sister. A reunion with my mother, and grandparents, isn't possible this side of Heaven. However, I will be reunited with my sister next week. God is good.