By: Brenda Wilkerson
There’s not too much that can strike fear into the heart and soul of even a veteran bus driver. Except… the heavily, yet innocently, baited questions that caused the rest of the students to pause and lean forward. The most feared question of all bus drivers across the fruited plains second to “Is Santa real?” was asked of me today. “So how does the baby get in the mommy’s belly?” It is certainly not the first time, and I have grown wiser each time.
As the words spilled out of six-year-old Ethan‘s mouth, my inner gut began to churn; I’ve learned to pause each time and slowly ask the question back to them. Instinctively, they begin to come up with their own answers to their own question. With every response, I might scratch my chin, tilt my head to one side and look up at the corner of the bus as if I am pondering their response and say, “Huh” or “Maybe”, “What else do you think?” This time Ethan’s 5-year-old little sister, Paisley, began to chime in to the conversation. Together they came up with several good ideas.
Number 1 – Paisley declared Jesus put the baby in there, “cause He can do that.” But that did not settle well with Ethan as he questioned the marks that it would leave on the woman’s belly. Sister said that Jesus could use his magic and make the marks go away. So Ethan ran with this concept and decided that a ‘Jesus magic lotion’ would be applied before and after the baby was put into the woman’s belly. “And…” Ethan continued, “…it would be a quick-dry lotion.” Number 2 – The baby is teleported into the mommy’s belly, but then of course we knew that babies don’t teleport out of the mommy’s tummy and we thought that singing 🎶Happy Teleport Day🎶 instead of 🎶Happy Birthday🎶 was the silliest thing we have ever heard! Oh, how we laughed! Lord, I had no idea how the wisdom for which I have been praying for years would appear in such timely and giggly ways. Thank you for laughter. It soothes this Captain’s soul. 🚌 Bus Driver Motto 🚌 James 1:5 — “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him” ~Brenda
By: Brenda Wilkerson
March 7, 2025
