I got tired of doing the chores with uncertain steps shrouded in the darkness of night.  Even though I went to feed calves at 6:30, the blackness overtook in the shadows.  “Wouldn’t it be a grand thing,” I thought, “to have a light with me that I did not have to carry in my hand?”

Then, I remembered a trinket I had bought during my Vacation Bible School days many summers ago.  That year our class had a cave-type theme.  Since spelunkers use lights mounted on their heads, I used a similar one while teaching the children.  “That would work,” I thought.  So I traipsed off to the attic room upstairs.  Sure enough…it was there!  All it needed was a new battery.

I fixed it up and stretched its elastic straps over my head and turned it on.  It worked.  Great!!  What a find.

I stepped out into the blackness of the night and could see the path ahead.  To my delight, I did not have to step out onto the barnyard slab and feel my way to the stairs as I hefted the milk pails up to the calf shed.

That is one item I am glad I did not toss when the kids left the roost.  It still has hours of use left.

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