Memories generation after generation

This weekend we celebrated our oldest grandson's seventh birthday. As usual, family and friends gathered for a meal, cake and ice cream and gifts. One couple's dog had caught a baby bunny that they rescued from the dog's jaws.  They brought the bunny to the party for the kids to see.  The little cottontail bunny's experiences spanned quite a range of surprises from a morning with its mother, out of the jaws of a dog, and into the hands of delighted children.  The bunny sat quietly in the hands that held him, from one child to another as they oohed and ahhed over his soft fur, his tiny nose that wiggled, and ears laid back.

After the older children had held the bunny, they were off to play with each other.  However, our youngest grandson, a two-year-old, was enamoured with the bunny and didn't want to part with him.  He insisted on holding the bunny delighting in his whiskers, his ears perking up, and his every move.  Occasionally I reminded him to hold the tiny animal gently, to which he responded he was just loving the bunny.  I suggested that he might love the bunny a little more softly.  A large bucket with hay held the bunny while we ate and opened gifts.  Our little one decided the bunny needed something to eat too, so his mom found a carrot and some fresh spinach to put in with the bunny.

The next day, a Sunday, the rabbit was still the focus of their attention.  Our three grandsons had the bunny  on their laps, or on the floor so he could scoot around between their outstretched legs.  They decided to build a little home for the rabbit out of giant legos.  The bunny didn't seem afraid just curious with all the new experiences.  They even asked and were give permission to take the bunny to church to show their friends there.

All this brought back memories of my childhood when Dad brought baby bunnies home for us to raise.  Our kids also had the same experience because Dad gave them a bunny he found while haying.  And now a third generation later, the children can experience the wonder of God's creation and care for it as well.