Force fed and loving it!
I had the pleasure of enjoying my two daughters and grandsons on Mother's Day, along with my Mom. The boys had to work, but they sent their greetings and were missed terribly. As we were enjoying a leisurely BBQ lunch, Corbyn asked if I had seen the hummingbird video on Facebook. We had been observing the hummingbirds come and go from the feeder just behind us on the patio, so the subject seemed to center around birds. I had observed many beautiful birds on vacation, but the boys wanted me to see this particular video because it had caught their attention. Becca was quick to find it in the news feed and shared it with me. It spoke volumes to me. As I watched, a mother hummingbird fed two small chick birds in the nest. First one, then the other. What was amazing was the way she almost had to "force feed" them. At first, they started out "ravenous" - wanting what she had to offer, beaks open and beckoning to her to give them her stores of food. As their