The Beetle Resurrection

I think I need to get back into writing about the funnies that go on around here. That way, I can look back at them when I'm having a hard time keeping my sense of humor as my grown-up world crumbles to pieces.

This one is in honor of Easter. Most of you few readers I have probably already shared this with... but just in case...

This was the first year Sophia seemed to really understand that Easter was about Christ's death and resurrection. They talked about it at school and she really liked sharing her knowledge at home too.

We were working outside and I dumped an old pot of dirt into the kids' dirt pile in the corner of the yard. In it there was a dead beetle, which Sophia immediately noticed with a girly, "EEEeew." She ran away to play somewhere else for a bit, then returned to her dirt pile.

She took a look, gasped and then ran over to me shouting "Momma! Momma! He ROSE!" Apparently, our beetle friend was not quite dead and was wiggling his legs.