Perfect Timing and Tender Mercies

Brevyn went away to Wyoming this weekend for his two week AT with the National Guard. Not having been able to talk to him most of the weekend, I expected I wouldn't be able to at all while he was away. He warned me that they would be out in the middle of nowhere and he possibly would be unable to get service on his cell phone. I was having a hard time with this. I at least wanted to be able to talk to him, and I knew the two weeks he was away would be the two weeks the baby would develop more noticeably.
On Sunday I was noticing our baby moving inside me more than usual, but I still hadn't been able to feel anything by placing my hand on my tummy. That evening, the phone rang and surprisingly enough it was Brevyn. My mom handed me the phone and I ran into my parents bedroom and laid down on the bed to talk to him. He was standing on what is called a CAT (I think that's how it would be spelled) that they had driven to the top of a hill. He had to stay very still to be able to hold on to the call. As we were visiting, I felt subtle movement and placed my had where I felt it. Sure enough a moment later, I felt something push slightly against my hand. Brevyn had called at the perfect moment to be a part of me feeling the baby against my hand for the first time. As I shouted with excitement about this, the baby kept moving more and I was so happy to have Brevyn on the phone. He was sad he couldn't be there with me of course, but duty called.
I look at things that happen like this as tender mercies from the Lord. I have been blessed with many of those in my life, and this was yet another one.