Puppy Love

Some days require a moment to stop and let go of all your cares and your habits and just get dirty with a good friend. My godparents have always had teh cutest dogs, and this one's Truffy, a big happy choclate lab whose determination to be a part of the party has alwasy gotten me suckered into a good petting session.

I can't wait for the day I can my own dog! :)

Heaven

I've always had big dreams when it comes to a garden, with trellaces of roses, stone paths and beautiful pergolas covered in vines and grapes... raised patios, and a big multi-level pool with lilies and fish... But then I realize that some things were made to draw us into a bigger reality... and this dream of mine is unrealistic in so many ways because I will probably never have that kind of money, but the desires for such artistry drives me to believe that Heaven will be filled with the biggest, most bold and beautiful gardens. What does your Heaven look like? Is is big enough for the desires of your heart right now? Have you given it the space to grow and encompass the things you never thought possible.. things you crave in this life that seem soo dreamy and unrealistic.. and yet you still want to have it, to experience it? Every flower, in its exquisite design, has so many variations and shades, to think of the kind of garden and flowers that will be flawless and never ending in designs, the possibilities are endless.

Safe

Thank goodness not a whole lot happened to our complex, but in light of the Irene hurricane passing by Bridgeport CT, this week's post is the transition from Sunday morning to Monday afternoon.

the very next day, Monday afternoon. Clean up crews and electrical company workers everywhere, but the world seemed perfectly serene at St. Mary's.

Sunset Walk

There's nothing like the sense of peace and quiet to give you a moment to breathe in deeply and actually notice the world at the level of detail intended. Had one of those this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inspiration is not chased after; it is found in that moment when everything else goes quiet and you are no longer the focus, and the subject of inspiration is allowed to speak for itself.

A new page

I feel as though, in turning this new page in my story, I crave the expression of my story's compistion to unfold in a blog. So here it is, simply me, learning marriage, learning love, learning God's desires and wisdom, and taking every day as it comes.

Me, and my new husband, Ben, on the rooftop of the town hall in Santa Barbara, CA during our honey moon.