for her 7th birthday, Charley gave a gift I couldn’t have fathomed in my worst dream…She saved her brother.
Indoor Pool.
Echoes of voices, din of shouting, steam rising.
Mommies chatting, kids playing.
Spiderman everywhere…
littles sitting on the steps.
Shouting!
“Mommy, Sammy is underwater!”
Charley, goggles on, gasping for breath as she pushes him up.
Tolly, pulling him out, flipping him over, making him breathe.
Sammy, pale, eyes glazed, lips blue.
Gasping.
I’m frozen.
I can’t write the rest of it without dissolving into tears.  Suffice it to say this.  Charley saved her brother.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, God for giving her eyes to see and the wisdom to know what to do.  Thank you, Jesus, for saving my sweet baby boy.

Amen.