“I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to… a land flowing with milk and honey.”
~ Exodus 3:17
A Saturday for the kids — on the floor, in highchairs, playing in the rock bed, eating brownies and reading Beatrix Potter stories on the back patio
Playing violin barefoot in a country church that looked out over cows on a yellow hillside
Sleeping late
“Different Sports Players, When They’re At Home” YouTube video
Lowe’s Garden Department
Blackberry Winter— potatoes growing in the garden and cold fingers in the dirt
Long morning drive to Becca’s, cows and low clouds in the green valleys
Baking lemon macaroons and cupcakes with the pals, Willa’s kitchen, and fresh chicken eggs in a little basket
Picking a fern and violet bouquet along the creekbed
Saturday morning garage sales and Farmer’s Market, finding books and bell pepper plants (and how the different produce vendors knew each other and which plants they did or didn’t have)
Picnic at the river, which had flooded its banks and left driftwood in the parking lot
Tabletops of flowers at Andy’s produce stand
Planting Papa Jay’s tomatoes on a Tuesday morning before the heat, then helping Trent tug the fountain out to the middle of the pond in the old johnboat
Photography class in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden with a few friendly folks; capturing a bee on a daisy for the first time, and learning how photography is just a matter of waiting for the light– looking for the light
Mulching the garden in the quiet of the evening under thunderclouds
Summer smells of manure and cut grass and steamy pavement
Amanda’s homemade salsa
Living room line dancing
Blood moon
Praying on the sanctuary floor with my sisters, stripes of sunlight falling through the blinds across our arms, understanding that Yahweh God was there
Rainstorm and power outage and tacos by candlelight
A day for bouldering and wearying our muscles and eating Thai noodles and walking around REI and making a groovy playlist for the van ride home
Picking strawberries in a patch on a hill
Morning workout, then a drive into the city, drinking tea and watching Bear sleep in his carseat
Petting stingrays at the aquarium
Dad watching the sky on a Thursday morning, his face glowing with it
My Cape Cod sweatshirt and baggy jeans on a rainy day
Biking the Katy Trail past old storefronts and farm fields— seeing places as they were when the trail was a railroad across Missouri
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