Here is our neighbor and her tiny daughter playing upon our frozen lake this morning.
Erica brings her little girl outside on most days for fresh air and always I'm wooshed back 28 years to a young Naomi and myself outside in the snow. I smile and am grateful I knew days like those and they'll always live inside my heart.
It's just as Laura Ingalls Wilder said: "They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago."
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"But if you humble yourself, you will be honored..." ... Matthew 23:12
As a woman more than half way through my 6th decade I find it interesting as folks bemoan growing older. I have enjoyed every decade and found lots of exciting things to do in my life.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post! I have been in the 'winter blues' mood lately and am fighting the sad, dark place also..I DON'T want to be there!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the "Stuck Thinking" and have avoided it pretty good..
I loved my 40's and now almost two decades later, still love being 'Grown Up' (O: Now I'll go see who you found...
Lovely post dear heart
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