Shelterbelt Brothers and Sisters

Shelterbelt or Windbreak

It's an amazing thing to see love happening right before your eyes.
Sam and Simmy had driven 'Sun Ray' back to the hospital on Saturday afternoon. As soon as she stepped into the room, the one visitor, 'Rock' had quickly vacated the singular chair in the room and held out his hand for her to sit there saying, "You sit here."
With just a little look 'Sun Ray' enticed 'Rock' into a big bear hug. Such a wonderful sight it was to see a sister hugging a brother... well, some would say that wasn't a correct description of this relationship, biologically. You see, 'Rock' had actually been born to 'Sun Ray's' oldest sister, 'Wished- for child.' He had been born out of wedlock, when 'Wished- for child' was only 15 years old. Biologically, he was Sun Ray's nephew. Now, Sarah, Sun Ray's mother had given birth to a child at the same time as her daughter so... Sarah had just raised both boys together and, with the rest of the brood, he was considered a brother.
In the little village where all this had happened, they were often ostracized and seen as outsiders and... currently, in the small city whose boundaries had grown and would soon engulf this little hamlet... this particular group of people were still seen as outsiders... especially if you kept wearing the traditional garb of... long black dresses down to the ankles and the black head scarves.
The song by Paul Overstreet kept running through Simmy's mind this weekend...
'There but for the grace of God go I
How without confession (compassion) can we pass them by
Oh, it could be you, it could be me, the world has cast aside
There but for grace of God go I...'

'But for the grace of God go we all.' 
The weather this weekend had been cold enough to put warm clothes on even the horses...

but the warm love of shelterbelt brothers and sisters was keeping the heart infused with love.