THE MOLTING RABBIT - Loved

Our pet rabbit "BunBun" runs in the yard freely since he got out a couple of years ago. He is so happy, I could never put in back in a cage again. He has hideouts, a large underground burrow and favorite spots for napping. He his literally "king of the yard" since it was replanted to suit him. No, not replanted, it's more like pare down! What is there now are plants and shrubs he does not eat and a few large pots too high for him to reach. Some have survived his repeated attacks, kept on growing back, and I guess he finally gave up. But when he gets upset for not getting enough attention or whatever annoys him, he'll chump something - just for spite- leaving the evidence on the ground. It always comes back just as big and he does it again. We go round and round with that. It's our pet rabbit...

All the kids love him. All the neighbors know him. It's funny to see him sit in the middle of the grass and all at once jump up or roll, or sit on his hind legs, or run to make friends with one of the kitties that visit his kingdom.

Well lately, he has been looking strange. He is molting. He's all patchy, he looks like he has cotton balls sticking to part of his back and there is clumps of fur coming off all over. Very unattractive bunny.

I was sitting for a bit in the shade watching the birds at the feeders. A few butterflies and bees were going from one nectar rich blossom to another with an occasional huge bumble bee buzzing around. I love bumble bees, they're just so neat. They always remind me of a fortress war plane. All a once BunBun came running around the corner and stopped in the middle of the path. He stood on his hind legs, looked at me and commenced to do a cleaning job on his ears. I spoke to him out loud: "You are such a pretty rabbit, you're so cute, I love you little guy". Yes, I was gushing over the little fellow. My mind said: "He is sooo ugly right now". True. But he is mine and I love him. He is the best bunny rabbit to me.

That's how God loves us. All the time.