Locked Out

A few days ago my daughter, Lisa, got locked out on the 2nd floor deck of their home. She had gone out there to check on her cat that was recovering from surgery. Before she could stop him, her little boy, age 19 months had shut the sliding door and it locked! He didn't know what he had done so he didn't know how to help his mommy get back inside either.
Lisa tried to talk to him and encourage him to try to unlock the door to no avail. They live in the country with no close neighbors. Of course she didn't have her cell phone either.
Her little guy seemed to be OK with just staying in the bedroom watching her, watching a show on TV, and eating his snack. I'm thinking his guardian angel helped with that. :-)
Lisa pondered whether she could crawl over the deck and drop down to the lower deck, but it was pretty far and didn't seem possible. Eventually - after about an hour or so, her son decided to go over to the narrow window near the deck and played with the crank opener. It moved about an inch. How could she get it open far enough to get inside?
She had a wire closeline on the deck so she took it down and made a loop in one end. Next she punched out the screen and was able to loop the wire around the crank and get it to open all the way. Whew! Now she could carefully crawl over the rail and slip in through the window.
How frustrating it is for a mom to not be able to get to her little one!
As I was thinking about this, it occurred to me that this is not only when they are little. Sometimes we moms (and dads) have a hard time getting through to our children when they are older - even adults! If it is not a window blocking us, it could be a closed mind. But I do know one thing, moms and dads should never give up. We l0ve our children and continue to want to be near them, taking care of their needs, instructing and guiding them. Sometimes it can only be done through prayer - to the One who loves us and our children more than we can ever know!