A little Introspection

I've been feeling somewhat introspective lately and have been meaning to post since last Friday but just haven't managed to sequester away even just 15 minutes to accomplish that task. However, this morning I'm making the time, amidst Zakry and Archie playing underfoot the computer chair. My feverish attempts at making him stop poking the dog with a paintbrush are falling on deaf ears. Big surprise, I know. However, I'm hopeful of the day that this child will be an amazing young man. (sigh)

So last Friday as I was coming home from delivering Teaghan's lunch to school that she'd forgotten, I noticed through the windshield the amazing sky in front of me. I was in total awe.

When I was a kid, I would often find myself looking at the sky. Sometimes if I was dealing with something difficult, other times just because. The heavens' have always given me such peace. I would lay on my back, or look out the car window, close my eyes, and just...breathe. I still do the same. It is so hard to stare up toward the heavens' and not marvel, not realize that there is a greater power at work here. There is an Almighty hand that created the world, and for those brief moments I feel caught up in it. As my gaze would wander back down to earth, it seemed like all the trials of reality would resurface, but for those brief moments of complete wonder, they stayed with me.

Last week was particularly trying. I'm not sure why, maybe just the stress of my life, or maybe I hadn't taken the time to gaze toward heaven and just close my eyes and inhale. So when I got home from taking Tea's lunch to school, and ran in to my room, grabbed my camera and started taking pictures. I soooo wish that I could've taken the view from my car, but the view of the clouds from my front yard were still breathtaking. This is what I took:





This morning from my back door I noticed the skyline above the roofs was a great study in contrast. You could just make out the blue sky trying to peek through, and the black clouds that had poured rain off and on the last couple of days. I had to grab my camera and capture yet another picture of the sky. Maybe now I've had my fill for a little while. Perhaps this is just another small reminder from Heavenly Father that I need to look to the Heavens more, whether it be for peace, or for strength. Either way, what I saw this morning means that there is a 'break in the clouds.' It's Valentine's Day tomorrow and I have a sweet and thoughtful husband who still keeps in mind the importance of showing how much he cares on Valentine's, and also still remembers my birthday two days later. He knows that it doesn't have to be anything on a large scale. It's just nice to be acknowledged (smile) I love you for that!