HAPPY 2 MONTH ANNIVERSARY TODAY! photo of Taylor on an amazing hike we did in early September with the quote that I keep turning over and over in my mind as our summer came to an end... a few reflections I put together after the hike pictured above that I hope resonates with you both... May you have a moment of gratitude for the wonder and wildness that you all get to do life together. A Morning Blessing Today is new, O God. Sometimes life flashes before me, and I wake to the gift that this day is. I realize—I get to be here. I get to be in the chores, in the errands, in the ordinary unfolding of hours. And I notice— the colors, the air, the sheer grace of being alive. “This is the day that the Lord has made.” If You made this day, if you intended me to wake up into it, then there is purpose already here. Thank You for the gift of this new day— for bringing me safely through the night, for bringing us safely to this moment. Help me ...
When my daughter and I went to a friend's wedding last fall, one of the family members shared this quote as a toast, and I loved it. I know you will be able to relate. Everything I know About Love I know that love can be loud and jubilant…It can be dancing in the swampy mud and the pouring rain at a festival and shouting “YOU ARE AMAZING” over the band. It’s introducing them to your colleagues at a work event and basking in pride as they make people laugh and make you look lovable just by dint of being loved by them. It’s laughing until you wheeze. It’s waking up in a country neither of you have been in before. It’s skinny-dipping at dawn. It’s walking along the street together on a Saturday night and feeling an entire city is yours. It’s a big, beautiful, ebullient force of nature. I also know that love is a pretty quiet thing. It’s lying on the sofa together drinking coffee, talking about where you’re going to go that morning to drink more coffee. It’s folding d...
Hannah and Derick, Hard to believe it's already been ONE month! I hope that you opened your gift so that you all can write a letter to each other in your journal to wish each other a HAPPY 12th! For Marriage by John O’Donohue As spring unfolds the dream of the earth, May you bring each other's hearts to birth. As the ocean finds calm in view of land, May you love the gaze of each other's mind. As the wind arises free and wild, May nothing negative control your lives. As kindly as moonlight might search the dark, So gentle may you be when light grows scarce. As surprised as the silence that music opens, May your words for each other be touched with reverence. As warmly as the air draws in the light, May you welcome each other's every gift. As elegant as dream absorbing the night, May sleep find you clear of anger and hurt. As twilight harvests all the day's colour, May love bring you home to each other.
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