Restore

" She believed she could but she was tired...

so she rested and you know what ?

The world went on and it was OK.

She knew she could try again tomorrow."

Few things better than finding a quiet place

in the country under the big oak trees,

Scotty happily running about, 

a nice breeze and a book in my lap.

~restoring~

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Dairy

Hubby worked our Pastor's 

dairy calves today.

I happily tagged along.

The weather was amazing.

The company was pretty sweet too.

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Song

Amazing what a good song,

and a change in mindset can do.

My September favorite.

Listen. Sing out loud. Dance. Repeat.

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Mail

It was one of those,

 feeling-blue-kinda-days...

....but opening a card

sent from my cousin back home...

was just the thing I needed, just when I needed it. 

~those little things~
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Fun

She told me not to say anything if a fish nibbled on me...

...I didn't, but one look at my face,

and she was racing me to the boat.

Then everything made us laugh.

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Ritual

Reemerged myself into the rituals of a Sunday morning,

and refueled my senses with what they needed.

~after a busy week~

Seeds

She got me all excited to go someplace new,

so that we could buy seeds

& learn to make our own (hibiscus)tea.

After a bit of a road trip

sketchy gravel roads

& her imitating the banjo theme to "Deliverance "...

our imaginations ran wild.

We conjured up visions of what our lives looked like up ahead.

And we laughed.

And laughed some more.

Then suddenly there was a radical shift in scenery,

and we were just tickled pink by it all.

By beauty.

By life.

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Wish

I remember wishing really hard

that one day, I would find someone

that could tough it out with me.

A wish made truth.

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Dream

Sometimes I like to sit quietly,

and dream,

and pretend the world is always a beautiful place

where everyone is lovely and kind to one another.

And love is always true.

And then I imagine how sweet life would be

if we could all just jump in a big pool of water,

( grabbing the hand of someone near)

and have it magically wash away every trauma, hurt, and brokenness in us.

I wonder how lovesome

we'd be if judgement wasn't a thing?

And reaching out in goodness and grace was?

What if we all pulled together instead of pull away ?

Oh ...what a delightful dream.

A girl can still dream, right ? 

If not, I don't want to know ! 😉

~ dreaming out loud~

"The process of transformation for all of us

begins with each of us."

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Holding

We stopped for dear crossing the trail,

road construction,

lunch,

and to sit on a stonewall to savor some homemade ice-cream.

She stopped for an important phone call

and had to wait on hold...

That's OK.
I had chalk in my basket...
I wasn't bored.

" The child in us is always alive."

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Gift

She said yes to sitting on the porch,

and drawing with chalk,

as she told me how important her days have been.

And she had no idea what a gift that was 

to me.

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Track

It was a nice cool morning,

so I laced up my shoes to go for a walk.

Hubby laced his up too and went along.

I plucked a stone up off the ground,

for every lap I walked around.

And held them firmly in my palm.

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