06/22/2026
Everything Hallelujah...
Life lately has looked like baseball fields and muddy cleats.
Trying to stay dry at soccer tournaments.
Wincing at the impacts done on Lacrosse fields.
Walking barefoot in my garden to cut fresh mint.
Just as quickly as the season began, it is coming to a close. So too is another year of life, soon to name a phase once lived. Watching my son walk on the high school auditorium stage to receive an award collapsed time into a blip.
The ordinary rhythm of life brings stability and anchoring to an otherwise swift moving current of life. When looking back at my life, the milestones may be remembered and marked, but, I imagine longing for the simpliest of experiences.
The car ride conversations to and from school.
The sideways glance my oldest son makes when pondering.
The wag of Ruby's tail when walking in the door.
The way my son says I love you as I leave his room at bedtime.
The smell of beachside roses.
The sound of my husband breathing as we head to sleep.
Birds' chorus at dawn.
These days, I am trying to pay attention, practice gratitude, and notice the life that is already here.
Life is happening in every moment. I am here for it.