Birdie Sings in Stereo

I haven't been feeling so hot ever since we got off the plane from Florida. I really love traveling. But since I moved back to the USA from Europe, it seems I get sick each time I get off of a plane. (I keep telling myself it's because this body is meant for Europe.) I'd started taking these immune boosters with Vitamin C and Echinacea, but I forgot them last week. Today is the first day I'm starting to feel somewhat normal again.

Yesterday I went out on the front porch while my Dad had a smoke. He was mesmerized by this birdie that was perched on our telephone wire. Dad was smiling as if he'd long ago made friends with this bird, which would be natural as he often takes smoke breaks on the porch. Sweet birdie was singing four or five totally different summer songs! I couldn't believe they all came from one little birdie beak. But I couldn't even hear the music until Dad stopped me and helped me listen. (As good Daddys do.)

I then called to my Mama, "Come listen to the birdie who sings in stereo!"

I'm jealous of how smokers live a rhythm of momentary pauses throughout the day. I think this is one of the ways God can redeem a nicotine addiction. It's strange how the smoke in their lungs is so dangerous, and yet the simple exhale of their outdoor pauses is so dangerously life-giving.

I need to start taking some pseudo-smoke breaks.

(Birds photo by Meredith Dancause)