When the children were in kindergarten and first grade, we lived in a small community outside Little Rock, AR. It was a country type setting and we often enjoyed the birds and squirrels. On our front porch we had the feeder and many squirrels happily partook of its offerings. Most of the time we filled the feeder with an animal feed that consisted of dried corn, peanuts and other types of seed.

One day, as I was cleaning house, Raylee and Tia were out in the yard playing with a few of the neighborhood children. As children do, they were running and yelling and having a good time. I was keeping half of an eye and ear on them just in case. I noticed it had gotten quiet outside so I went to the front door to check on them.

What a sight! All of the children were sitting around the squirrel feeder having a snack! I had them quit eating the squirrel food and get back to playing, but not without enjoying a tiny moment of innocence.