blessings...

I have three amazing younger sisters. Let me tell you a bit about why I am so grateful for the first of these gems... Sara Jean came into my life a few months before my 2nd birthday, so I have no memory of not having her. I do remember playing together when we were little- a lot! Mostly I remember playing outside. Miraculously, we survived our childhood in spite of some of the crazy things we did. We don't need to go into that here... ;) One of my favourite early memories playing with Sara was in the field on the farm at the coast; we pressed down the high and thick green grass and made little 'houses' for ourselves, and pressed down little passages we travelled when we went to visit each other in our grass houses. Now when I see a bed of pressed-down grass up in the hills here where some deer slept the night before, I know just how it feels to create and feel snug in such a place as that. But what I want to talk about really is what an incredible person Sara is now! She a...

It turns out that 'the grass is greener' right here! All I had to do was wait a while, and look! It's lush and soft, and there are leaves bursting off the tips of tree branches everywhere... I like far-off places and long ago times. Sometimes I actually crave a bit of England, or Africa, and then I have to pick up a good book to get me there. Other times I actually go somewhere, and although it costs more, and involves packing a suitcase (agghhhh!), I love it, and I still have a list of places I want to go one day... Israel, southern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean (a cruise would do ;), New Zealand; that would be a great start for me! However, I have been feeling more and more recently that where I am is the best place to live, and that I wouldn't want to be anywhere else to raise our children. Who knows, maybe the girl with the gypsy blood is finally ready to put down roots.   :)