This was written by our brother Rod Raines and it really blessed me.



When I was in my teenage years my older brother got interested in magic tricks, I remember on one of our vacations we were in the back of the car and he would practice the sleight of hand with these red Sponge balls. He would practice this skill of manual dexterity for hours. He would use me and my parents as his test subjects. He masterd this to a high level. I didn't practice the sleight of hand but I was able to observe all the movements very closely.

Years later I was at some event that had a professional magician entertaining the crowd, I remember standing relatively close to the magician watching his hands and smiling. I was taken back in memory to my brother and I in the back seat on one of our families great vacations and him practicing his hand moves.

The magician saw my smile and mistook it for a smirk, he motioned me up closer he challenged me to keep track of the red Sponge ball in his hands.

This magician was very skillful, while watching his hands I really couldn't not keep track of the red Sponge ball. But I knew his routines so I knew where he wanted me to look and I knew where the red ball would be. With each routine his frustration grew as he could not seem to direct my eyes to his deception.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. 𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 🙂

It also doesn't hurt that Peter has a great sense of humor, He has me laughing during his broadcast. Laughing is healing!