week 45 | 366

"I watch them wearing down the paths of their childhood through rooms stained lovely with laughter, bounding towards the aging oak tree with a gentle white giant of a dog, building their fantasies with sticks and moss in a quiet green wood, and I know that someday they will weep with thankfulness for the story that is written upon this little hidden sanctuary on a tumultuous earth."

~ Jennifer Trafton

days 308 - 314

Quirkle | acorns in his pocket | Grandpa's guides

a knight for a running buddy | Hello

Ninja Warrioring

 

week 44 | 366

"Oh, my! Would you just look at the magnificent feathers he has on that beak!"

~ The Chicken Lady to Uncle Ron, Dollywood

days 301 - 307

Cabin Fever porch view | Smoky Mountain hike | Dollywood! 

week 43 | 366

"I suppose this is what practicing gratefulness is, in a way. It's digging through the wreckage to find treasure, even if the treasure itself would seem to be wreckage to others."

~ Lore Ferguson

days 294 - 300

school day with Grandpa

week 42 | 366

"What do young mothers need? Perspective. But they're going to have to learn that the hard way."

~ Cindy Rollins

days 287 - 293

peace and calm in SC, Cat. 5 hurricane Matthew in FL 

autumn poetry day

week 41 | 366

"Turns out, there's a lot of beauty in the ordinary. And isn't that kind of the point?"

~ Pam Beasley-Halpert

days 280 - 286

early morning ice cream | ninja warriors | helping a brother out

window washers | Sky Top | Yellow Warbler

week 40 | 366

"You think he killed two dozen lawmen and cowboys makin' daisy chains?"

~ Sam Kyker, bartender in LEGEND

days 274 - 279

homework | Friday Convo | if you can't buy it, smell it

she's a Great-Granny | work hard, play hard | LEGEND set

week 39 | 366

"... I throw my head back and, feeling free as the wind, breathe in the fresh mountain air. Although I am heavy-hearted, my spirits are rising. To walk in nature is always good medicine."

~ Sam Gribley, My Side of the Mountain

days 267 - 273

Unicoi State Park, Helen, Georgia

week 38 | 366

"Everything was taken from my Dad that day, and within a matter of days, Tom Babington had his mantra set for this new journey: “Glorify God. Stay in the Game.” For my Dad, what rose up in him when everything was taken from him, was relentless optimism, fierce faith, and an even deeper love for God and his family."

~ Tracie Fulford

days 266 - 272

the only sweet part about death

 

 

week 37 | 366

"Part of the sanctification of motherhood is learning to trust God with our children. One day we will come to the end of what we can do for them. In those early days our children cannot live without us, but slowly they grow up and move away. This is almost always heart-wrenching, but the process also gives us a chance to lean on our Heavenly Father and to trust him more. God has entrusted us with a great treasure and it is our life lesson to hand it back. To let it go. Our children must not become 'Our Precious'. In the end, we are merely mothers. Mothers who are also children of our Father. Let us run into his arms with great joy, knowing that when we see Him face to face we will not be standing alone."

~ Cindy Rollins, Mere Motherhood

days 253 - 259

school days aren't always like this, but sometimes they are

usually they're more like this

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