Introducing Owlfred

Three days ago, Colin and the girls went on a walk in the rain.  They came home and Emily looked like this....

She told me they found an owl.  A baby owl.  Actually they found three but two were dead.  We think they fell from their nest during the storm.  Colin said it seemed like the right thing to pick up the baby.  We warmed him up and gave him a little food not expecting him to make it through the night let alone three days.  He is scheduled to be picked up by a wildlife rescue group.  But for now he is our very own.

The whole process has been a little time intensive. 
But it is a lesson about life.  Life is precious.  Even if it is short. 
It's a lesson for the girls about being owl mommies even if we can't be as good as his real mommy. It's a lesson of compassion for weakness and fragility.
It's a lesson that God cares about sparrows and owl babies and us.
And it's a lesson that owl babies are adorable!