Beautiful Hope

Thank you Franchesca for continuing to remind us that there truly is hope in our daily lives.

I found myself having a nostalgic weekend. The weather was absolutely beautiful, summer like, a more than perfect weekend to spend with family at our cottage. The sun was shining, the lake was sparkling, the leaves were falling, the Autumn brush was burning filling the air with the sweet smell of smoky beauty. The colours of the trees as we gazed across the lake were gorgeous and the cool, crisp evenings were awesome, snuggle-up times.

The kids had a blast raking up the leaves and jumping in them only to rake them up again, again and again...

And we had some very special visits... ladybugs seemed to fill the air. Some would light on our hands for a while. One hung out on my back. We even had one fly into our car on the way up on Saturday. He stayed with us the entire ride..... "Mommy, now we're all together again! Nicholas needs you"... Sigh. As much as I cherish those 'visits' sometimes it doesn't seem to get much easier.

Love to you all...