Summer dreams, some pictures and a prayer...

L.o. my mother and I went to New Orleans, to the Aquarium of America...


Here's a seahorse...



A few months later, we went to the Gulf of Mexico and stayed in a 'beach house' with our family...




The water was pretty murky...
L.o. and I wrote our names in the sand on the right if you look close...

I really hope to find happiness in the sun again this summer. I can taste the salt in the air, and I'm daydreaming of the sand under my feet...

This year, I want to see sand and beaches like this again (Gulf Shores, last April)...

And stalk crabs with my camera...

Take a long walk on the beach...
Dear Lord,
Please (if it be YOUR will) provide the opportunity for me to travel to where my heart is calmed and my senses awakened. I'm longing for the peace that you send to me in the calm tide in early morning; the way you speak to me in the roar of the waves.
Please Father, wash your peace over those we know are suffering. Please heal sweet Stellan and be with Jennifer. Be with B. and her April Rose as they face so much uncertainty. Keep your arms around Kayleigh Freeman and her family, and whatever is going on with her, please keep her from pain. Bless Carly and help her find balance (and an appetite) send her my thoughts of love. Send peace and comfort to Ezra's mommy and daddy. Thank you for blessing me with them. Send your blessings upon Rachel and her new marriage, God please give to them a healthy child one day!
I'd also like to pray for your peace to be upon Jennifer Ross. Please Lord, let it be your will, that she will bring a perfectly pink bouncing baby into this world in a few months. Would you also help Mary to not feel so alone? I know she misses Lukas and feels so isolated. Please help her and her husband to come together in their grief and heal their aching hearts. Thank you for Sally. Would you help her to use her blog as an outlet once more, and keep those away who have only their own intentions at heart?
When I asked you for friends Father, I had no idea that this would be your plan, but I am so grateful that it was.
Thank you for today. Tell Zoe that her mommy and sissy love and miss her. Thank you for allowing all of our little ones to live in your presence. I can think of no better childhood than growing up with Jesus. Let all of our children know that we speak of them, that we miss them and that we can't wait to all be together.
I ask these things in the name of your Son.
Amen