Year: 2019

by Beverly Hutchinson McNeff A Fly-By Miracle The other night, I was downstairs in my kitchen getting a drink of water when I noticed a little fly in the corner of the window over the sink. I normally don’t like flies in my house; my “deal” with them has always been “If you remain outside you live, but inside….well, that’s another story.” Frankly, I was too tired to bother and figured this little fella’s life usually isn’t that long, so I’d give him a reprieve, and I went to bed. The next morning I was surprised to see that same fly in the same corner of the window still attempting his fruitless effort to get out. He was never going to penetrate through the window, and my heart went out to him. I decided I would help him escape by showing him the way to freedom. My windows don’t open upward but to the side, so as I slid the window open and pushed up the screen so the fly could escape, I began gently pushing the fly around the window to the open air. But, that silly fly would not take my help and kept returning to that window corner where no escape was possible. I tried a number of ways to make him see the error of his ways: talking to him, sliding the widow in front of him, pushing him numerous times with my finger, and even telepathically joining with him. No use! He was stuck in […]