Splash and Music and FUN

SPECACTULar

The rains gave way to a brilliant day yesterday;

and then it happened...

Friends that finally coordinated schedules; threw caution to the wind, abdicated those responsibilites of the grasses that need mowing, the papers that need attention, the needs of others that seem to always take precident over letting the good times roll

and the stress win out over

fun and splashes and just

overall great times.

YEP

it was a day for just being

and not doing

a day for those who matter so very much yet who you see not enough

and

what a fabulous day it was!

A day of calling the

Eagle, of splashing in the water,

of even doing the

ANNUAL flip from the bow of the boat!

Oh my ... I've still got it!

The music never sounded better,

the sun never brighter, the clouds never more full and the sky never bluer.

It was a day of days,

and stress was not a part of anyone's vocabulary, nor were the needs or wants of anyone else in the world.

Can you even imagine?

And that Eagle?

WE were watched over

and she was majestic!

We whet our breaths and said a prayer for

Thomas O'Brien and his mom

Debbie Koenig out in Texas

and thanked our Eagle

for watching over them and us

...

Talk about being watched over

how bout that Eagle?

...

We laughed til we cried,

we sang like we were stars,

we jumped from the boat into the waters that were so refreshing

and floated around on noodles

when not showing off our expert skills of falling off our noodles

that is!

Oh but mostly we enjoyed the time of being with each other

of family of choice

and how blessed that we are to have each other and this time.

Of course we also talked alot about that fact that we don't take the time as often as we once did to enjoy the brilliance of days like yesterday.

Each promising to do better about that!

Seems that so many take time for everyone else, we get so busy doing for others that we then have no time for self or those we really want and need to be with.

The time that we call our own,

is then spent in the catching up at home or obligations that we feel necessary to get done.

In doing just that,

we miss those times and those we so love, those rare and precious moments to be, to see, smell, touch

and connect.

It is those times that we forge new and marvelous memories, hear our laughter, taste our tears

and renew for all that we do in the week, months, years.

Folks work hard,

we use our bodies, our hearts, our minds ...

We have to take the time to use our souls and take the time

to

play

So many moments,

so many clouds are dancing and wanting us to dance along with them, to splash into the waters

with joy!

Now of course this was a moment of being "my best self";

Here I decided to photograph my family rather than run and jump at both of them knocking them back into the lake.

It was a hard decision, I have to tell ya!

Oh the times we had.

You almost got to see a you tube of my annual flip from the boat,

however

Laura in her efforts of recording

*messed it up* not once but twice

and by then

my flip had dipped

and the moment gone!

hahaha

perhaps spirit was protecting me from embarrassment!

The day ended as beautifully as it began,

with a strong lesson left that we cannot put off what is so necessary to our well-being with days like this.

The waters are so healing, laughter so beneficial

and family of choice so rare and such a blessed gift.

May you have a marvelous week;

and be thinking about how you are going to celebrate you over the week-end... by taking the time!

YOU ARE WORTH IT

Walk in Beauty
DRSES
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