Tuesday, March 24, 2009

away from home



I've been down in Mississippi for a week now, with my sister. 60-70 degrees, sunny now. Back home in South Dakota is shut down with a spring blizzard. Yesterday I walked down a path by the library and had these azaleas tower over me.




Besides having a lovely time with my sister and her family, plus a two-night visit from our brother and his wife, I am also experiencing more healing regarding my own life. Being away from my own house for over two weeks enables me to gain some mental distance from it. I've been wrestling with what to do with my life--from the sublime "What is my life's purpose?" to the mundane "What do I do with all this stuff?" I'm experiencing the expected shifting and changing and renewing associated with the natural event of children growing and leaving home, and also the UNexpected shifting connected with the UNnatural event of an unwanted divorce.




This time--away from home, and with dear family--is filling me with new direction and purpose. For that I give heartdeep thanks.

3 comments:

sharon said...

I LOVE having you here. Maybe you will get snowed in here???

Phoenyx Ravenswing said...

Greetings!

Beautiful posy pics! :-) Thank'ee's for sharing! :-)

True that - sometimes physical distance helps give the needed mental distance. I'd always wondered why it felt so good sometimes to take a couple of days away - now I know! :-)

Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)
-Bird, from TST

aquamaureen said...

Sharon--I TRIED to get snowed in with you . . .but it didn't work, did it? I had to go home JUST when we finally got the pool repaired and cleaned and filled (by "we" I mean your sweet husband and son, with our supervision) .

Bird--glad you liked the pictures. I am finding such comfort in the beauty of flowers. They just spill out their loveliness, holding nothing back.