Bubble-wrap is my favorite bubble. (Bubble bath. Bubblegum. Bubble soda.)
As a child, my daughter competed in acrobatics through CAT (California Acrosport Team). Within the larger CAT team, were multiple teams of two to three athletes. Although a few teams had only a ‘top’ and ‘base’, most teams also had a ‘middle’. Libby was a ‘top’.
The well-being of each individual within the team was crucial. A serious injury could pull an entire team from competition. There were no back-ups or substitutes. Her coach threatened to bubble-wrap each girl until the meet season ended.
But I’d like to bubble-wrap my son and daughter for LIFE!!
I think I hear an “Amen” from some of the women in the Bible.
Sarah and her late in life son, Isaac. (Infant mortality was near 50% in ancient times.) Hannah’s son, Samuel – the child she begged God for. And what of Eunice, as she watched Timothy sail away on his missionary journey?
Bubble-wrap? Nice thought but impossible. So what’s a mother to do?
Each day, I prayer-wrap my two adult children by slightly altering and adding to this prayer from the Sarum Primer of 1558.
God be in their head, and in their understanding; God be in their eyes, and in their looking; God be in their mouth, and in their speaking; God be in their heart, and in their thinking; God be in their ears and in their hearing; God be in their coming and in their going.
Best bubble-wrap ever!
