today

my morning started at 4:55 am to a text waking me out of a fitful sleep.

it included running, laughing, sweating, deep breathing, sharing, friendship.

the sun crept up so silently that i barely realized i was running from the dark into the lightened crisp morning air.

my family voted in the primaries. it was my first primary election.

i choked back the tears as my children hugged their daddy goodbye as he went to work, and we left for the library. my life is so blessed.

my children had to be peeled away from the books as they excitedly found so many to borrow that i could hardly lift the bag...the bag i sewed with transformers on it for J-Bob...the most favorite-of-favorite bags that i have ever owned.

we met friends in the park. our children were kind to each other and never even noticed the obvious difference in the quirky big boy who was too rough, too loud, too excited...i see such love in their lives. if only we could be like them.

i mowed the yard to surprise my OA who has done the dishes for me so many times this week...just because. my neighbor started the mower.

the kiddos congregated at another neighbor's house. they all played together. their ages were 5 to almost 13 and no one was unaccepted. it was beautiful to behold. my son started off in his too short handmade curious george jammy pants...and ended up in cool camo shorts. i never said a word. watching him figure out life is...beyond my words.

my daughter begged to be read a poetry book for girls...she has her mama's love for words...written...spoken...unspoken.

my husband came home and found his family lying in the dark on the trampoline watching for fireflies.

he started a fire in the fire pit, changed his clothes, and roasted marshmallows.

we ended the evening as a family...lying together...staring at the incredible night sky. the brilliance of the bright stars in the vastness of the dark sky.

my life...it warms my heart.

i am so very undeserving.

but i will so humbly accept and thankfully drink in every single moment of His incredible Mercy.

i only wish that i could offer such evenings to the many hurting and unloved children in this world...my prayers are always with them.

eternity...days like these...i glimpse His Love...His Tenderness...Him.

i love Him so much.