here. april 9.

i assumed there would
be no gifts
on my nephew's birthday...
he's gone...
but
his father sees
power
in this day
and
his brother
sees a day
for
remembering
and
his sister

tells him to
celebrate
and
i thought
i had missed
the snow bells this spring
but
they're here

and more and more gifts that are god's:

130. dishes to wash
131. mother-in-law who washes the dishes
132. dirt on the floor
133. garden growing new
134. my girl, the one i mentor, trying so hard
135. robin song and bluebird nests
136. grandparents' love
137. hot brownies and cold ice cream
138. twenty-two years with cameron, my first nephew

linking up with:

michelle at graceful for hear it on sunday, use it on monday
ann at a holy experience for multitude mondays
jen at finding heaven for soli deo gloria sisterhood