Sunday, June 27, 2010

My dearest God,

I have always believed that everything good comes from you. Today I said goodbye to my daughter and granddaughters. It was time to fly back home. Gabrielle and Sophie stayed for eleven days. Every day was good. We took turns saying our prayers at mealtime and bedtime. I stopped whatever I was doing when each one got up in the morning and I held them on my lap for a few minutes. It was a grand time making memories. I took lots of pictures.

Thank you,
Loving God,
for our
special time together.
Thank you
for providing
so well
for us.
We are
grateful for
riding bikes,
flying kites,
going to the movies,
attending a play,
attending two different churches,
frolicking in the ocean,
building a sand village,
seeing two lighthouses,
eating Brown's ice cream,
shopping at the port,
wearing funny hats,
sleeping overnight in a tent,
creating bracelets,
making bath salts,
watching movies at home,
eating ice cream at DQ,
going to two libraries,
doing the sand dance,
finding heartstones and seaglass,
preparing fruit kabobs and scrambled eggs,
hiking at the monastery,
buying Maine tee shirts,
making up new "biggie basket" voices,
singing Sound of Music songs,
making up a drama,
watching Chip and Chatter, the chipmunks in our yard,
telling funny family stories,
experiencing the exploding spills on all five of us,
and laughing a lot.

Gratefully, Andrea