#Tuestimony
Part 2: OCCASION: Sister Almost Drowned
I believe that God gives Parents supernatural intuition, instincts, and ability to Love, Care for, and Protect their children. I distinctly recall at least three occasions when one of my siblings’ lives was at risk and Mom or Dad’s quick reactions saved them.
|| The following is my account of one time when my Sister Almost Drowned ||
I was 5, my Sister was 4, and my older Brother was 10. My Dad took us to Water Country (water theme park). We were on a tube water ride… the one where the tube is shaped like an 8 and two people sit on it (1 person on each circle) and ride along the water trail. Sister and Dad rode a tube together and my Brother & I shared a tube right behind them. As Dad and Sis got to the end and were ready to get out, Dad turned back to me and Bro and yelled something to us. We said something back and laughed and were filled with smiles and blissful joy. But when he turned back around, Sister was no longer in the tube. Dad looked around and didn’t see her on the platform where they were supposed to get out. Apparently, she had slipped thru the hole in the tube and gone under water. He couldn’t see where she was under the water, cuz she slighted drifted from directly beneath the tube. He just stuck his arm down in the water and swayed it. He felt her foot, gripped it with one hand, and yanked her up out of the water (all while balancing himself as he was seated in his part of the tube). When he pulled her up, her head was bleeding because when she fell thru, she panicked under water (she couldn’t swim) and went head first into the cement at the bottom of the water. She had breathed in water and was choking a bit when he got her out, but everything turned out fine and there was no need for CPR or anything like that. Just a band-aide for her forehead. (I think it was the right move for Dad to stay in the tube and reach down to grab her out….. because had he just jumped out of the tube and into the water, he could have possibly landed on her and made things worse, as he didn’t know where she was under the water).
I thank and praise God for the Blessed connection He establishes between Parent and Child. I pray that I will have that kind of intuition and instinct when I become a Father.