June 2008

With only 23 days left until we see Mississippi in our rear view mirror, we decided to spend the day out on a long country ride taking pics.

Even though we faced some of the biggest challenges we have ever faced here, we will also be leaving some of our fondest memories, such as meeting friends who will now forever be family, and tequila brave midnight motorcycle rides. Of course that memory led to me spending hours drooling over Kawasaki motorcycles online.

Looking down over Grenada Lake.

Turtle soup?

Okay fine, I didn’t run over it, or cook the dang thing. Haley even gave him a gentle ride to the edge of the road so no one would squash it.

Lost in thoughts . . .

Uh huh . . .

Okay, so I am goofy. What’s your point?

Just for Mikey . . .

Did you see that?

Oh yeah . . .

Lord have mercy . . .

Ummmmm . . . Yeah . . .

Hey Mikey!

Okay, ya know dang well I had to convert one to black and white.

When I need to reflect on life, I tend to head down to the river. There is something about the boat landing that has a way of helping me accept and deal with the challenges life places in my path.

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” Gilda Radner, 1946-1989

I never tire of watching the water and reflecting …