Yesterday my Mom, Dad, Joey, Hannah, Sarah and I were walking across the USD campus. The hot late-afternoon sun poured over the old cream-colored spanish buildings. The flowers competed with the sunshine in brightness. It was such a gorgeous place, Mom thought of a game to help us focus on our gorgeous surroundings rather than the heat. So we all took turns finding beautiful things. The vegetation, architecture, sky and shiny dresses recieved the most notice. As we crossed the last plaza toward the entrance to our destinanation, I saw Dad waiting for us. We were late (imagine that) and though his long strides had easily surpassed ours, he stood patiently waiting for the rest of the family to catch up. I looked at him standing there, staring over the heads of a hurrying crowd passing him to enter, and said, "That is beautiful."
A big family requires an un-maginable amount of waiting. I saw it as the beautiful art it is yesterday. Thanks Daddy.
A big family requires an un-maginable amount of waiting. I saw it as the beautiful art it is yesterday. Thanks Daddy.
3 comments:
Miriam! I love you! I also like to look at shiny dresses. And shoes.
My favorite thing to look at in the summer are the clouds - sometimes they're streaky, sometimes they're fluffy, sometimes they look fake. I also love to watch sprinklers, when the sun reflects off of them, and they look like a stream of sparkles spraying the grass.
I hope it's not too hot down there. It's been so cold up here. We're halfway through the summer semester, but it still feels like winter.
so you started a blog..and then you stopped :(
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