Madame Butterfly

Did you know that all butterflies are girls and that they are all girls because they all have girl colors on their wings? I didn't either until My Anna-Claire told me this past Sunday as we released the 5 butterflies in a neighbors flower garden!

Each year a friend of ours orders "caterpillars in a jar" for her daughter. With her help I ordered My Anna-Claire her own "caterpillars in a jar". She just loved watching the caterpillars moving around, eating and then forming their cocoons. For days we have been watching and waiting for our five butterflies to hatch from their cocoons. She even named all five of them - Anna-Claire, Alyssa, Lily, Kayla and Ashlyn. Saturday morning Kayla was the first to hatch. Sunday morning Anna-Claire followed suit, then Lily, then Ashlyn and then last but not least little Alyssa! It was amazing watching Anna-Claire's excitement as each butterfly emerged! She was so excited she even had to call her Gigi with all the details. Sunday, afternoon we released each butterfly one by one. Anna-Claire was lucky enough to have one butterfly perch on her finger for a minute or two!

What was even more amazing than Anna-Claire's expression was watching this process from beginning to end and seeing God's glory begin displayed through the beautiful metamorphosis of a butterfly. Aren't we so fortunate that our God took the time to include the most intricate details for even the smallest of creatures! I pray that we never stop taking the time to seek out His precious works of art!