These words have been going through my head the last few days. I could not think of the song but I kept thinking these words apply. For those of you who are not fans of Lynn Anderson's I Never Promised you a Rose Garden. Who? She used to be on the Lawrence Welk Show back in the 1970's. What? Look it up.
Well these words have been zinging around. I would change them up in my head and say Along with the rain there's got to be a little sunshine. Either way it takes both to grow flowers. Some days are dark and cloudy and rainy and the next the sun comes out and the blooms open but as the title says, We were never promised a Rose Garden.
This last few weeks I feel like I have walked through the desert and looked for the Oasis. Searching for something, that I started to believe was not there. When I found the Oasis it was in the strangest place. I found it watching 2 angels not with wings but with cell phones and cameras taking pictures of a beautiful sunset at the beach. Along with 2 proud fathers and their uncle that were glad to share this time together. A little boy that doesn't know any better than to dance when music plays and his mom. I love that smile and his innocents. If you could bottle the joy that little one spreads it would be priceless.
We shared not only a meal and a sunset. The water was calm, just a ripple, the wind was blowing offshore and the clouds were drifting around to make the sunset perfect.
After dark we let go Chinese Wishing Lanterns for each member of the family that can no longer be here with us. It was the most incredible sight. Awesome was the word thrown around that night. The video of it brings tears to my eyes. Those lanterns did not drift or float but flew straight to heaven. Where Lisa, Amber, Lilly and Jim were there to catch them and toss them around like beach balls in heaven or is that what the stars are. We could see them for miles.
Absolutely Amazing.
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