Opossum Children

My heart skips a few beats any day my phone buzz's or rings with the word's "Michael's cell" displayed on the screen.

Michael calls me now and then just to check on me and say hi. So sweet.

Other times he's calling to tell me a story about something that happened while he was at work. He works with animals, so usually his stories are crazier than I could imagine. And pictures speak a thousand words - so sometimes he'll skip the story and just send a picture.

Without it I would have been clueless: but with this picture he sent some text, "opossum children."

Life for the wild is rough. If you had a pet opossum it would live many years longer than it would out of captivity. Michael does his best to protect the safety of the animals he works with, but sometimes they just don't make it. Don't get upset, these little "opossum children" are going strong, thanks to some friends at Bay Animal Clinic. But the reason Bay Animal Clinic has the babies is because their mother didn't make it.

Many people don't know that opossums are marsupials. That means they have a pouch like a kangaroo, where they store and feed their young. Michael found the adult opossum dead and took a closer look when he noticed the stomach moving. He reached his hand into the pouch and out he pulled these three little rascals!

It's the time of year when all kinds of strange creatures are born. Who knows what we'll have in our home next. These words race through my mind as I tense up each time Michael reaches me from work. With that all I can say is: Stay tuned.