Life Is Sweet

It's a cloudy morning here on the Currituck Sound. As I look out over the water I am reminded that a new season is approaching. The water whispers of shorter days and cool evenings, with every ripple the rolls up upon the rocky shore. In spite of trying to hold on tightly to my lazy, summer days. But no matter how hard I try to hold fast of those lengthy, warm days,  it continues to slip away with each passing sunset.
In fact, weeks and months fade away faster than ever these days. Could it be my age?( I did lose a year on my birthday) Or just the busyness of life?  I pondered these thoughts and come to the realization that life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone. Not knowing what tomorrow will bring. Hopes for greater things and dreams of the future, all while trying to hang on to the yesterdays! I am grateful for every second of every day for I know that life is precious and in a blink of an eye, yesterdays are gone and tomorrows begin. Embracing each moment of joy and overcoming the pain. Life is sweet!
 Watching as my young children grow up, finish elementary school, move on to high school and move out on their own to embark on their own journey through life. Parents and grandparents become older. Birthdays come and go! And for some of us...hmmmmm..maybe it's just me, who may stay a year younger! But life is sweet!
 People have come in and out of my life. Some have stayed longer than others but sometimes I have missed the opportunity to tell them how much they have meant to me. I have appreciated every one of you! Life is sweet!
As I reflect on the days gone by and cling to my precious memories. Whether they were painful, Lord knows I have had many of those occasions in my life. However without those dark days I would not be the woman I am today. They have truly empowered me.
  So many were full of delight. The smiles on the faces of my newborn babies....oh there's nothing sweeter than that! The heavenly words, I love you, spoken from the mouths of babes. Life is sweet!
 My days have been knitted into a grand work of art. Creating a masterpiece within my soul. Bringing life into a new perspective, with each passing day. So as I loosen my grip of my yesterdays, I am not letting go of the depths they have taken me. Indeed those days are no longer present, as a new sunrise peaks its self out from the horizon. Nevertheless I could look forward to the days ahead as the season changes into shorter days and brisk nights because with each new season there is new experiences ahead and new memories awaiting to be made. Life is sweet!

Love,
Tina