Angels in the Outfield
"Angels are never too distant to hear you. " ~Author Unknown
Something wonderful has happened in the lives of my children. They've started talking to angels.
As spring break would have it, my children have found themselves with precious time on their hands. With so many choices of what to do, they gravitated to the gaming system, the Wii. A Wii has a neat feature where you can create a whole community of people called Mii's ( pronounced Me). This Mii building was something the children did immediately, when we bought the system two years ago. I initially thought this was a nuisance, having the kids spending hours building all of their friends and our family, but I didn't want to stifle their creativity.
Fast forward to the first day of Spring Break, where my technologically bred children decide to play a game of Wii baseball. Standing in our living room are two youth holding Wii remotes, playing a game of baseball. As the youngest gets up to bat, he swings and hits the ball into the proverbial outfield. One of the Mii's (they randomly come into play whenever you have a team sport) runs and catches his amazing hit. As the camera pans in, we see that it is Oma (who recently died) that ends the inning in true form. Without a moment's thought, the baby of the family proclaims, "We have angels in our outfield!"
The baseball game continued as the children enjoyed guest appearances of Oma as a hitter, pitcher and again in the outfield. Each time they would see her their faces would light up as if the Mii on the television was truly their Oma. The game became so much more about who was on the teams than the score, and we reveled in the line-ups as they took shape.
I'm unsure if the makers of the Wii had any idea that this sort of event would happen, I know it never dawned on me that it could. Regardless, the first day of spring break in our house turned out to be a fantastic opportunity to play, to reflect and to celebrate with an angel.
Something wonderful has happened in the lives of my children. They've started talking to angels.
As spring break would have it, my children have found themselves with precious time on their hands. With so many choices of what to do, they gravitated to the gaming system, the Wii. A Wii has a neat feature where you can create a whole community of people called Mii's ( pronounced Me). This Mii building was something the children did immediately, when we bought the system two years ago. I initially thought this was a nuisance, having the kids spending hours building all of their friends and our family, but I didn't want to stifle their creativity.
Fast forward to the first day of Spring Break, where my technologically bred children decide to play a game of Wii baseball. Standing in our living room are two youth holding Wii remotes, playing a game of baseball. As the youngest gets up to bat, he swings and hits the ball into the proverbial outfield. One of the Mii's (they randomly come into play whenever you have a team sport) runs and catches his amazing hit. As the camera pans in, we see that it is Oma (who recently died) that ends the inning in true form. Without a moment's thought, the baby of the family proclaims, "We have angels in our outfield!"
The baseball game continued as the children enjoyed guest appearances of Oma as a hitter, pitcher and again in the outfield. Each time they would see her their faces would light up as if the Mii on the television was truly their Oma. The game became so much more about who was on the teams than the score, and we reveled in the line-ups as they took shape.
I'm unsure if the makers of the Wii had any idea that this sort of event would happen, I know it never dawned on me that it could. Regardless, the first day of spring break in our house turned out to be a fantastic opportunity to play, to reflect and to celebrate with an angel.
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