I suppose it coulda happened
It could of happened... the Lord had hardened Pharaoh’s heart. Any parallels for today? (maybe only in the fact that our public officials are no longer called Pharaoh!)
Extra! Extra!
The "Middle
Wife"
by an Anonymous 2nd grade
teacher
I've been
teaching now for about fifteen years. I have
two kids myself, But the best birth story I
know is the one I saw in my own second grade
Classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved
show-and-tell. So I always have a few Sessions
with my students. It helps them get over shyness and
usually, Show-and-tell is pretty
tame.
Kids bring in pet
turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they
catch, Stuff like that. And I never, ever
place any boundaries or limitations On them. If
they want to lug it in to school and talk about it,
they're Welcome..
Well, one day this little
girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid,
Takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the
class with a pillow Stuffed under her
sweater.
She holds up a snapshot
of an infant. "This is Luke, my baby
brother, And I'm going to tell you about his
birthday."
"First, Mom and Dad made
him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put
a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in
there. He ate for nine months through an
umbrella cord."
She's standing there with
her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to
Laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me.
The kids are watching her In
amazement.
"Then, about two
Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh,
Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back
and groans. "She walked Around the house for,
like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is
doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.) "My Dad
called The middle wife. She delivers babies, but she
doesn't have a sign on The car like the Domino's
man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed
Like this." Then Erica lies down with her back
against the wall.
"And then, pop! My
Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in
case He got thirsty, and it just blew up and
spilled all over the bed, like
Psshhheew!" This kid has her legs spread with
her little hands miming Water flowing
away. It was too much!
"Then the middle wife
starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe,
breathe'. They started counting, but never even
got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my
brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that
they all said it was from Mom's play-centre, so
There must be a lot of toys inside
there."
Then Erica stood up, took
a big theatrical bow and returned to her
seat.
I'm sure I applauded the
loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-
and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case
another "Middle Wife" comes along.
