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May evenings
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Mother’s Day Walk
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Spring Hail
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An afternoon at The Wilds
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Dandelion Jelly
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Catching fireflies
The simplest things, The freest in life Like the first twinkle of firefly In the waning summer light Are gifts from on high. Treasures sent to earth To be savored, And enjoyed, As our delight.
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A week in June
There were few obligations this week and the weather was nearly perfect. The kids spent many hours running in the yard, we swam with friends, and Brad finished a great deal of the deck. I wish all summer weeks were like this. Plenty of time and space just to be home and explore life together, but summer is quick and fast and there are a lot of fun things to cram in. We have a lot coming up, and it will be amazing, but I am treasuring the sweet moments spent in a week with little scheduling.
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Tennessee
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The ministry of the lake
Every time we go to the lake Brad brings a book along as if he’s going to have some magical time where he isn’t watching the kids to read. Sometimes I grab a book too, just to play along with this fantasy. Even if I had a half an hour of solitude, I would probably spend it people watching. I’m convinced the lake is full of the most interesting people in the county. There are the moms that dip a toe in the water with their toddler, young adults horsing around in the deep end, teenagers getting in trouble, adolescents twirling off the high dive, grandmas waiting in the shade…
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Instead
The grass is growing again. Last summer we were over our heads in a drowning restaurant, racing to get an addition built and trying to keep a homestead and family from falling prey to many weeds. It broke us open. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. John 12:24 Through our brokenness, God has prevailed and has not left us. The past year has been one of immense growth and change. We have found the “insteads”. to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil…
