Meaningful

Our anniversary was a few weeks ago. I admit, the thought of spending the day without my guy right here beside me was unsettling. Then Cousin Joann (a wise woman who is, thank God, recovering beautifully from her medical issue!) said, "Do what's meaningful. Ignore the rest and focus on what means the most."

So, that morning I headed straight for this little bulb garden. It was a gift from my husband and is one of my favorite spots here on the farm. But in the year we'd been gone, the weeds had taken over.

We battled so much...you don't think weeds can scare me, do you?

I spent hours working on the spring garden. By the time I wiped my hands on my dirty jeans, I was at peace, content and very satisfied with what I'd done.

These are the photos from that day. You can see how things went from awful to orderly. I bought a new bag of mulch to put down but it's been raining so that's still on the to-do list. And as soon as it stops raining, I'll take photos of what's blooming there now.

Meaningful moments here on the farm. Anything happening in your backyard?

History

On this day in history, the world's most wonderful, loving, amazingly awesome man married a lucky young woman. They were so perfectly matched that for many fabulous years they shared complete bliss. They held hands, spoke without words and danced beneath the stars. They laughed. They loved. They lived. It was sheer magic.

Now they still love and occasionally they even laugh, but they are separated.

Someday, though, this intermission in their love story will conclude and they will once again hold hands, communicate silently and when they dance it will be on the stars, not beneath them. Again, they will share complete bliss, and their world will be filled with the kind of magic that true love brings.

They will live happily ever after. Amen.