Many of you know our daughter from Vermont recently spent 3 weeks with us. We certainly
enjoyed having her here and we are so proud of the young person she was and the adult she
has become. That being said, that outcome doesn’t just happen because we want it too. It
takes hard work, dedication, love and guidance from our Lord.

I recently read this story about mother’s saying “they just got their pink back” which is referring
to how flamingos lose their pink when raising their chicks. This is due to it being so exhausting
that it literally takes away their pink color. After their chicks grow up, their pink comes back.
That may be the “scientific explanation” but I also think it is a “God thing”.

I don’t think the pink was ever lost or drained. I think it was given to their babies as they are
born colorless. They pour into them their “gift of pink” just as we pour into our children’s hearts
and souls the colors of all that we are in hopes they will grow up to be vibrant, loving, capable,
giving and successful human beings. Even when we are exhausted from our daily lives when
raising our children, we still knew we needed to provide for them and love them. We gave them
our “pink”.

The same is true with our Heavenly Father. He has to be so exhausted taking care of us as we
bumble along in our lives, not always following His guidance. Yet, He still pours His
unconditional love into our hearts and souls and gives us love every day of our lives. We need
to focus our attention on Jesus, whom God offered as the only way to have an eternal
relationship with us. Thanks be to God for giving us His “pink”.

Patty