A Soulful Summer...

THANKFUL for a soulful of memories from the past few months...




We found this prayful little spot hidden among the trees...




We wandered along pathways new...



They whispered their secrets and we stopped to take in every word...



We climbed higher and sought distant horizons...



And those wonders right under our noses... that can be so easy to miss!




We reconnected with those we hold dearest to our hearts...





Played endless chase, tag and hide and seek...






Kept our balance on the wobbliest days.




Let beauty embrace... and sunlight heal and tend each growing plant...



To guide our steps along the way...

"Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths."
Psalm 119:105



Some of us thought we might even be real life mermaids!
"...When I grow up I want a fishes tail..."






Sometimes we took some time alone...







We followed the sun... Wise fellow that he is :)



And only ever got lost...



When we wanted to.



Sometimes simply sitting in our own garden was enough...



Sometimes adventure called...



"Where next then?"


Tears were kissed away...




"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."
1 Corinthians 13:12



Building...



Weaving...



Knitting the threads together... into water tight memories...

Of togetherness.



That carries us safe along all kinds of waters...



Out into the world...through the tumult and the storm, the blue sky promises of tomorrow...



...back to the gentle streams of home.



...For don't all waters flow that way eventually?

"Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again."
Ecclesiastes 11:1



... all those sepia stained images that will become like old friends in the years to come, as the children grow up and away... to build their own little rafts and find their own stars to navigate.


These I will treasure...More than silver or gold. Above value, each and every one.

..."And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:13