Quail

Watched a cute quail Mom and Dad usher their brood of 14 teeny tiny quail-lets through the yard yesterday. Mom was so concerned to make sure they all were following, and of course, every time she went to the back to herd them quickly along, the ones in the front turned and followed her back. Took them 3 times longer than it might have to traverse the outer edge of our yard.

Clearly not an exercise in futility for the Mom - just watching out for her little ones, lest no one be lost.

I think this must be sort of like how Heavenly Father watches out for us - sending along those to care about and shepherd us along our path, lest we get lost along the way. Warms my heart to think that, anyway.