Coming Home

Tomorrow Ben and I will begin our trip home. This comes as a relief because we miss our puppy and our bed but it also comes with great sadness. It is an amazing feeling to wake up and see a castle out the window. It brings you into a fairy tale when you see the beauty and history that so surrounds our lives.

I spent a great deal of time being reminded that there is more to this life than what we see or know, so much of today talks about living in the here and now but I cannot imagine the rich pleasure that would be missed if we did not acknowledge our history or bask in the promise of a future. Seeing castles and minsters provides us with a glimpse of beauty that surpasses what this age has known or will ever know.

Going home will be difficult but Ralph Waldo Emerson reminded us in his writings that we cannot abandon our lives even when we take leave of them, our troubles follow us where ever we go.

Finding my own Neverland

As I search my heart I find more and more places where joy has touched me and where love grows. Each day provides a reason for a smile, a reason to share the love and blessings we have been given. Being filled is much like living in a Neverland, each day and each moment is undiscovered, nothing is "same old same old" because each opportunity and experience provides new insights and new ways to glimpse the spirit of God.

Oliver Twist

Meet Oliver Twist, the newest edition to our little family. We made the decision on impulse and even though we are sleep deprived we still think he is a wonderful purchase.