This is the third year I've walked for James&Jake, each year a blessing and reminder of the joys and sorrows in life. It's amazing to me how much life has grown since the first year I walked with a belly full of life and how much I love it every year. It's the kind of walk where kids can run and be loud and give each other bunny ears.
But it's also about remembering. While we were walking, Noah said, "If my mom's new baby is a boy, Anna will have five brothers!" We talked about how lucky that made Anna, but really, I was thinking how lucky we all are for all that they've taught us.
I came home from the walk, my heart full, to discover that the robin who built a nest on our deck Easter morning had laid eggs. Two perfect, beautiful blue eggs.
There's so much I could say about how seeing that made me feel and yet, I think there's no words I could use to really justify the joy and hope those two eggs gave me.
5 comments:
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so, so glad the weather was great for the walk! i loved seeing the pictures on facebook too of you all. you guys make such a great support team for each other!
and please frame that nest picture (and maybe even give it to beth.) :)
I would like to meet this post in person so I could hug it for an inappropriately long time.
That's so amazing. I want to walk with you guys next year!
I walked up in MI again this year too. Thought of you guys walking for James and Jake while we walked. SO glad you all walk and that Beth gets a day to focus on being James and Jake's Mom.
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