“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing”, thought Francie, “something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains – a cup of strong hot coffee when you’re blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book when you’re alone – just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.” Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Three months since the last blog. Last weekend my oldest friend and forever ‘sister’, Leslie asked ‘what happened to your blog’? July seems a lifetime away. Several times I sat down to write and edit photos but the stories both in photosand words came at a snail’s pace.
In all certainty the Summer of 2016 will be remembered. . .
Lazy days spent with family and friends.
Sweet h
ellos, bittersweet good-byes. 
Undoing and and rebuilding.
Army. Navy.
A region and people figuratively and literally inundated by tragedy….swallowed by the blessings of those same people.
Yesterday morning I woke up, disappointed, thinking–“Today the family was supposed to be in Boston”. Life sometimes changes our plans for us, but as Francie points out in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn contentment can be found embracing the “simple things”. We have much to look forward to….
Floods wash away tragedy. Friends move to be closer to family.
And so on this October 7, 2016…..Fall break…..here’s a thought:
“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.” Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Yay family…..shake a little love….
BethSings 