I hope you all have a sibling or a friend with whom you can just drop in, any time, no reason. But usually the reason ends up being a good one for either you or your friend.
Today, I was running between houses ( long story) and wanted to kill some time between these houses. So, I stopped by my friend Cheryl. And she had coffee ready to be enjoyed- my timing! The weather has chilled a bit- yeah, like to 77 degrees but the earth smelled good, the trees looked crisp against the blue sky and Cheryl's garden in the front of the house, well, I don't know how to express what I felt when I saw it other than to feel and say: aaahhhh. There was a feeling of being nurtured- unlike mine that has to be tended to way more than I have time for- ah! But that must b the point! Something takes on it's own beauty when nurtured!
I don't think I could have been a good mom to a daughter- that's why I have 5 sons. I received a call on my cell this a.m. from my son who is in S. Korea. And I missed his call. BUT! He called again and I am so overwhelmed to think, that in my hand, is this little tiny phone and I am walking around my house and talking to one of my sons who is on the other side of the world! So staggering to me. He sounded so close. I miss him. Gets difficult trying to talk when you're so emotionally excited- don't read anything else into this, please!
Equally staggering was watching this news brief on kids who were invited to try their skills at hacking into computers. Whatever they were doing, it was a grass roots idea about future technology when dealing with these 'civilized' countries.
So, I shall leave you with some garden photos from my friend Cheryl's garden, on this day of Global Forgiveness Day. I'm NOT going there.
