A children’s story about miracles (and silliness!)
There is nothing quite as “makes you feel good all over inside” as a full, rich glass of milk and some fresh, just out of the oven cookies. Amelia, Ella and Busha are happily storytelling and fully enjoying the newest crop of cookies they just harvested from the oven!
Wait a minute…a who’s ever heard of a crop of cookies? Harvesting the oven? Just a fun word game we made up! Games are good for giggles – in this one, we change up the usual words with unexpected ones. A batch of cookies becomes a crop of cookies, and of course you harvest a crop, even if it’s from an oven.
Now that the cookie harvest is in, it’s time to milk the jug! Busha carefully holds the jug up and Amelia and Ella take turns squeezing imaginary cow udders full of milk into their glasses. Finally, time to enjoy the sweet and chewy, homey hearty (and joyfully dunkable) treats.
Curious Amelia asks (with her mouth only partly full of cookies!), “Busha, how does a cow make milk?”
“Well, that’s quite the good question, Amelia,” a panicked Busha replies, with images of biology school boards, and chemical reactions and life cycles thrashing around wildly inside her brain.
A sense of calm and clarity settles the bouncy-castle hopping thoughts in Busha’s head. “Let’s ask a different question, WHY does a cow make milk? Do you know why a cow makes milk, Amelia?”
Amelia nods, excited to share what she’s been learning. “Mommy cows make milk to feed their babies, until they’re old enough to be able to eat grass.”
“A perfect answer!” Busha applauds! “Baby cows need to be fed to grow into big cows, and milk from mommy cows was the solution! Science describes and analyzes and particular-izes how that all happens, but the marvelous thing to me is, there was a need, and there was an answer! Isn’t that amazing?”
Amelia isn’t sure Busha answered her question at all, but Ella pops in with, “Does that mean there’s always an answer when there’s a need?”
Busha hugs them both, so closely, “There was a very famous scientist, named Albert Einstein. He discovered so much about the nature of the universe. But I think his most important discovery, is that everything is a miracle! Life is filled with miracles, just look, and you’ll find there’s always an answer when there’s a need.”
Amelia and Ella look at each other, “We NEED more cookies, Busha!” and every one laughs. As Busha fills their plates, lovingly, a thought runs through her head, ‘miracles, they really never do cease, do they?’