I Hope You Dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

Dance…I hope you dance…

Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
And wonder where those years have gone

~Lee Ann Womack

I think yesterday was probably the best Father’s Day we’ve ever celebrated. The weather was perfect. The food was delicious. Everyone was happy, and we all had such a fun day together. Everybody swam. The guys barbecued a whole bunch of food. We had “pig sliders”. They’re sausage wrapped in bacon, filled with cream cheese in the middle. There were chicken wings, chicken breasts, and steaks. We had baked beans, chips, potato salad, macaroni salad, and the Oreo desert the kids made for everybody. My dad, his girlfriend, Justin, Jackie, my sister and her husband, their baby (Pj), Adam, our kiddos, and I were all there. Justin sent Jackie on a bogus trip to the store. Mj went with Jackie, and Justin called the rest of us into the kitchen, for a little “meeting”. He explained his intentions to ask Jackie to marry him, after they get back from visiting his family, in Wyoming, next month. He wanted all of our blessing. It was the sweetest moment! Of course, everyone was overjoyed.

Justin and Jackie got Adam a new grill, for Father’s Day. He was in dire need of a new one. I knew they’d planned to do that, so had to do my best to prevent Adam from buying a new one himself, before they could surprise him.

My heart is so incredibly full, right now. This season of my life is just amazing. I’m beyond simply “content”. I’ve always felt that contentment was joy, until recently. The pure happiness and love that I’ve been blessed to experience, is beyond anything I ever imagined. I’ve been given many gifts, in this life. But, these days, spent with the people I get to call “mine”, are indescribably beautiful. It’s only in knowing how quickly time passes by, that any twinges of sadness enter my mind. So, I’m doing my very best to “soak” in the memories we’re making. To live in the moments. To celebrate this time in my life story. It may be that my most favorite pages are being written, right now.