I really enjoyed this one, Elliott. I'm so sorry your father can't (couldn't) cultivate this same appreciation. I think you're creating a wonderful legacy for your kids and your students.
Today as Jonathan and I were out for a walk at a conservation area, a cardinal stopped beside the path, almost as if checking to see if the coast was clear; then he darted across. Seeing a cardinal always makes me happy.
I saw some baby purple irises poking up out of someone's garden as I walked today. How amazing that year after year, life that has been huddling inside the earth all winter bursts forth anew.
Some of the great saints say that holiness consists in being who you are and being that well. It seems to me that you are indeed doing that, Elliott, and that is not only gift to yourself but obviously to those little ones in your life. I love it that at least one of them is recognizing the gift of who you are.
I really enjoyed this one, Elliott. I'm so sorry your father can't (couldn't) cultivate this same appreciation. I think you're creating a wonderful legacy for your kids and your students.
Today as Jonathan and I were out for a walk at a conservation area, a cardinal stopped beside the path, almost as if checking to see if the coast was clear; then he darted across. Seeing a cardinal always makes me happy.
I saw some baby purple irises poking up out of someone's garden as I walked today. How amazing that year after year, life that has been huddling inside the earth all winter bursts forth anew.
Some of the great saints say that holiness consists in being who you are and being that well. It seems to me that you are indeed doing that, Elliott, and that is not only gift to yourself but obviously to those little ones in your life. I love it that at least one of them is recognizing the gift of who you are.