Sometimes You Don't See It Coming

---

This husband of mine…

Has a friend here at the cabin…two friends in fact…needed something to watch for…something to care about…

Lizards…cute little lizards…one bigger than the other…always seem to be together…mother and child?…husband and wife?…friends for life?..don’t know for sure…

One of us checks on them throughout the day…saying hello…marveling at their camouflage skills…making sure they’re ok…

And they always are, ok that is…nestled in the vines or basking in the sun…their skin bright green or brown depending on where they sit…

Was sitting on the couch watching TV when suddenly a bird flew into the window…a big bird…wings flapping…legs flopping…hits the glass with a thump…

Raced out to see if it was injured fearing the worst…but shouldn’t have worried at all…at least not about the bird…a hawk to be exact…

Who hadn’t accidentally flown into the side of the house but had apparently made an exquisite maneuver in order to pluck his lunch off of the wood…

For there it sat…perched in a tree…a lizard dangling from its beak…our eyes met…and the hearts of two lizard lovers sank…

And so it is…in life…sometimes you feel helpless…didn’t see it coming…

But then next time you DO see it coming…because you’ve learned…and prepared…and done all you can to keep your family…even a little lizard family…safe…
​
And that husband of mine…agrees…