amidst some awesome (in every sense of the word)
adventures and vistas with our family,
this prayer seems to capture a bit of what we've experienced...
"Listen to my blinking eyes,
for at certain moments
when sunlight strikes just right,
or stars pierce the darkness just enough,
or clouds roll around just so,
or snow kisses the world into quietness,
everything is suddenly transparent…
and something in me is pure enough
for an instant
to see your kingdom in a glance,
and so to praise you in a gasp —
quick,
then gone,
but it is enough."
-Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace
pictures below from parents' weekend at UC Santa Cruz earlier this month followed by a trip of a lifetime to Patagonia with Anna before she began her study abroad program living with a host family in Ushuaia, Argentina where she will be until June.
