Last night was the first hard frost of fall. The frosty hard lawn at sunrise has now given way to a dance floor for the party of leaves gathering; hand fulls of leaves drop randomly with no breeze or bird to cause their dancing descent.
This frolicking tumble of leaves reflects a part of my own life lately. The leaves are beautiful as they bud in spring and grow through the summer, but then there comes a time when they are meant for something else, for somewhere else. And rather than hang on by a thread, trying to prove their resilience and nothing more, this posse of leaves makes the change look effortless, beautiful…and necessary.
Read the rest over at My Minutes Captured.
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Prayers for you and your family, Jenny. All endings and beginnings are hard…
Love the blog Jenny! We have experienced similar before as well. It sounds like you waited on the Lord. I wish you all the best in your new journey with a new parish and may your hearts be filled once again.
Bless you.
Thank you Samantha. It’s too bad we share similar stories. I console myself with the words of our Lord that the gates of hell will not prevail.
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