Is it tears that highlight the lines that prove experience?

littlest one

It seems that a child is officially no longer a little one

when he turns 5

and when he sits solid and strong on my lap

and when I wonder when he became so big

and when he tries to reason with me

and sometimes makes good sense.

And a mother realizes that time is running away with her children but that time is really running towards eternity and all is well. Moments are meant to be savored and little people are meant to be snuggled and breathed in and breathed on and prayed over.

rainy day service

Barefooted preacher regales the congregants

with the story of Joseph sold as slave.

Those of plush sit quietly while those of flesh sing lustily

their favourite "Hymn 1a" and "Glory Be".

Deacon Tom hands around a collection jar and hums an interlude.

And their mama is allowed to sing along.

autumn colors

canopy above

It seems that the world swirls around the insignificant observer

when one looks up at the canopy high overhead.

out'nabout

Earth's Eye

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye, looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.

Henry David Thoreau

sisters

side by side on a sunshiny sunday these sisters read