as our journey comes to an end. there is a melancholy that sets in. we all know we have to return home and we all want to. but there is a sadness that comes over each one of us. we have had a glorious time together.
our retreat was just that. a respite from our daily routines as moms, wives, and working women. together we are just family... sisters, mothers, daughters and friends.
it has been a privilege to share this time in honour of GIGI, who was turning a significant milestone.
we have laughed, cried, and told stories of things past and hopes for our future. it has been good for our souls and our spirits!
as we leave our place of restoration, we are not the same women that came. each one of us has contributed our own uniqueness to add to the change that has happened. we embrace it and embrace each other and say till next time.
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." – Marian Wright Edelman
pumpkin hunting
"this life is changing me...a slower pace...a longer look...a simpler taste for things of nature."
I am a happily married woman of 27 years. I lived in Florida for 40 years and moved to Tn in 2000. We lived in the city of Brentwood for 6 years and move to Leiper's Fork in May of 2007. We have been in the country for about six years now on a 7.24 acre farm. We call it Dash Home Farm. Da-for Dave and Sh-for Sharon. We live in a victorian farmhouse made to look old(it acts old). We love the community of Leiper's Fork and the quaintness of the town (no lights).
"God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on the trees and flowers and clouds and stars. " ~martin luther~
" The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. "
~hans hofmann~
"whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart."