I found this picture recently. I don't know what I'm doing, but my sister wanted to take a picture of me while I was lifting the umbrella while we were on our rain walk. It was April 2020. I don't have those rain boots anymore that were actually more uncomfortable than they looked.
The rain recently has gotten me down- I think its March itself, it's not yet spring but it's also still declared winter and the weather is unpredictable.
I like to think I enjoy the rain, and I usually do and like running in it, but the sun and warmer days have really boosted my spirits and make me look forward to what's ahead.
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I was thinking of my sister recently- that time together on our walk or even other shared times together. That's how I came across this photo, and others. I just wanted to sit and reminisce and live those treasured days again.
In hard moments, I especially miss them deeply. But then I know God has given me the strength and the grace to continue forward and appreciate them, even if they are in the past. I can tell how much I've grown, called my own without her by my side all the time before she moved away. So much has happened, but then again, I am the same.
Touching and bittersweet sis. XO
ReplyDeleteAww, I remember this!! That was fun! In the midst of the pandemic, it was oh so ordinary but so special too because in a way, it was out of the ordinary just to take a walk in the rain. I reminisce on those times too and I'm always so grateful!!! xoxo susie
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