Not quite Wordless Wednesday—and a small request

Happy Wednesday, friends!

I have two things to share with you today. First, I feel lucky to have witnessed this gorgeous sky recently. Isn't it a beautiful shade of blue? I'd love to paint it. Skies like this make me happy and remind me that, in spite of all the bad, there is still a lot of good in this world.☺

 



The second thing I want to share is about my husband. On Monday, he got some not-so-great medical news, and we're still trying to decide on our next step. I don't want to go into too much detail right now, but I can say that I (and I'm sure my husband as well) would appreciate any good thoughts and prayers you can send his way. Thanks.

Wishing you all a peaceful and beautiful Wednesday. ☺

Our World Tuesday

It's time once again for Our World Tuesday, a weekly meme that encourages bloggers to share images of their world. It's a great way to get a glimpse of life through the eyes of others! You can find out more about it here. Even if you don't participate, I encourage you to take a look at the intriguing photos that bloggers from around the world share each week.

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Yesterday's sky was beautiful. The clouds looked to me like they were painted on a canvas, and I loved how the blue of the sky contrasted so starkly with the fast-moving clouds. 

 

Seeing those clouds reminded me of this quote by Thomas Love Peacock:

 

"Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven,

Curtain round the vault of heaven."

 

 

 

 

Wishing you all a lovely Tuesday. ☺

 

Our World Tuesday

Today I'm linking up with Our World Tuesday, a meme that encourages bloggers to share images of their world. It's a great way to get a glimpse of life through the eyes of others! You can find out more here. Even if you decide not to participate, I encourage you to take a look at the intriguing images being shared each week by bloggers around the world.

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This was my view on New Year's Day as I lay on the ground after showing my kids how to make snow angels. I remember thinking about how quiet the world seemed—how peaceful—and lyrics from John Lennon's "Imagine" kept going through my mind: "above us only sky." In light of all the recent events here in the United States and throughout the world, it was comforting to look at that sky. It unites us all.

 

One world, one sky.

Wishing you a peaceful Tuesday.

Perspective

This morning's 100 words:

After dinner last night, as the kids played in their sandbox and I sat in a patio chair, watching them and reading, I did something I've since realized I rarely do: I looked up, and for the first time I really saw the sky, the robin's egg blue of it, its never-ending vastness awesome yet comforting at the same time, a mother folding her arms around her child. Birds soared, ascending through the blue, and squirrels leaped from tree to tree, dappled sunlight playing across their bodies.

Last night I realized how small I am.