The teens in the church youth group - Living Sparks - that I’ve been leading for the past year or so gave me two baby hamsters for my birthday :  Living (pearl grey with black eyes) and Sparks (white with red eyes), complete with a delightful plastic see-through hamster cage.

There are moments when I wonder if anything meaningful will come out the time I spend with Living Sparks.  This beautiful gift erases my doubts.