Hello Fellow Sojourners!  

It's a big first day for these grandchildren!  

It's the first day of middle school for Joshua on the left and the first day of kindergarten for Charlie on the right. And that's James Duke in the middle - his first day at home with just he and mommy!

It makes me pause....

Time passes by so quickly - 

Every day brings so many "firsts" --

I am filled with gratitude ...

For these grandchildren, 

For milestones and for the "little stones" of life.

And so grateful for God's ever-presence in their lives and all our lives.

And I pause --- 

It helps me to pause by starting with a verse or a word or a poem... 

It helps me stop, listen, wait, rest...

Peace....

Anticipate ---

Here is a prose that I especially like to use at my Noon time pause times.... 

You may like it too - 

Maybe - this is your first time to pause at noon....

Enjoy and be Refreshed sweet fellow travelers!

With love and joy from my Purple Chair -