Aflack and Lola........

Right up front, I'm tellin' on myself.

I'm afraid to touch anything with feathers.

I'm sorry, I know some of you won't understand.

But, that's the way it is.

I also have a very hard time saying NO.

I don't know what in the sam hill Matt was thinkin'

when he brought home two baby ducks for Hunter.

They do NOT live on any type of water nor do

they have a pond.

Evidently baby ducks grow up very fast, and Brittney

was at her wits end.  They started out in a storage bin,

outgrew that and were then put into a HUGE box.

I kept hearing "I don't know what to do with these ducks!"

She called my brother and asked if she could put them

in the lake.  He told her yes BUT it would have to be

after dark because his neighbors would have a fit.

So, I was over there last week and Britt said;

"I just had a lightbulb moment. MeMaw, you

could put the ducks in the retention pond

behind your house!"  WHAT?

Yes, there are ducks there but not those

yellow kind, plus they have mama's and

daddy's.  I didn't know how they would

get along back there.  She kept on and on and on

Finally, I said "alright already". 

Well, we decided to put them in the

original storage bin.  Then, she told Hunter

to pick up the ducks, and Hunter said "no way".

I told Britt; "pick up the da*n things"  And, she said

"no way".  Do you see where I'm going with this?

So, yes I sucked it up and picked up the feathery

things, put them in the bin, then into my car.

I'm driving down the road thinkin' "what if they

get out of that bin?"  I kept lookin' back and

I could see their heads; also they were floppin'

back and forth making me a nervous wreck!

So, I started praying about it.  "Please Lord, help me

find a good, safe place for these cute ducks.  And, please

let it be so I don't have to touch them again!"

I was serious.  I'm gettin' goosebumps just talkin'

about this. Yes, dammit I'm a weinie, but that's

the way I am, so be quiet.  :)

I was about half way home (they live an hour from me, you know) and I remembered a park that I thought had "water".

So, I pulled in there and couldn't find the water.  I

started over again driving through there, and found it.

As soon as I saw the water, I knew it would not be

safe to place the little things in there.  HOWEVER,

I saw a fisher man walking up from his boat.

"Hey, mister do you think it would be safe to put

these ducks in there?"  He looked around, and said

"highly doubtful".  Then he asked to see the ducks,

and when he looked at them he told me he had

a good friend that had a pond on his property, felt

sure he wouldn't mind having the ducks!

Divine intervention.

That's all I can think.

Bye bye Aflack and Lola.

I wish you both a happy life!
Really.
:)