Monday, August 8, 2011

Climbing

If you click on the picture you will get a bigger view of the face
of the Rock of Cashel.  You will also see on the left the older boy
that we saw climbing the face.
Watching the Rock was a diversion as we boarded the bus and waited for our driver.   I was one of many that spotted the brick that surrounded  what looks like a door arch, with no door of course.  Between the rocks and brick we all thought it was quite steep to try to climb.   What had all of us captivated after a little while was two boys  who were climbing the Rock's face that day.  (I did capture the older boy here on the left of my picture.)  Personally, I was more than a little nervous for these young fellows who scaled the rocks toward the summit like small mountain goats so skillfully and slowly.  

I have wondered since then....did their mother (mothers?) know where they were?  And that gave me thought of my own boys when they were growing up.  

I wonder how many times they did frightening things I didn't know about.  Which added to my personal consternation.  And then a thought came to me - how many angel hands must support our children all the places they go as they climb toward adulthood?

10 comments:

  1. Oh, how true! Those angel hands take good care of the little ones. It's life-changing when adults recognize it.

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  2. Walk2Write,
    You're so right, we really need to see that we aren't always there to protect our children and grandchildren and that praying for their safety and trusting is all we can do.

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  3. Boys will be boys! Something about boulders or a rock face that always attracts us. It must be in our DNA?

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  4. Robert,
    I think you're right! My three boys had a thing for climbing anything and everything!

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  5. That proves it! I think it's a universal rule.

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  6. It is how you raise your children. If they have good foundation then all you need to do is pray for them and guide them as parents.

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