The Was And Is

We were seated around the table at my sister's house on that blustery Sunday  in February.
Our husbands had sought the comfort of soft seats and cozy fire downstairs to ready them selves for some football and camaraderie.
Our hands all encircled a large mug and our conversation created warmth enough...

                                                               

Inevitably we started discussing years that were and are no more....Days that though long were filled with life's sweetest and best.
Innocence and simplicity were the general theme of our days as we raised our little ones.
Days before social media and outlets that technology invented. 
Days where college and wedding plans were nothing more but a far away some day.

                       

                                             from the archives...

We laughed as we recalled the little but large moments in life....

Then someone asked...."but would you want to go back to those days now?"
Silence...and then bravely we all agreed "No, we would not wish to repeat all those gloriously long days with our young children in tow"....
Although blissful; retrospect is kind....and without saying it we knew there was also doubts, fears and a restlessness that at times permeated the season we were in...

                                                        

The feeling that still can prevail if we allow it a corner to thrive....

Life must be lived facing forward....we cannot change what was ...only what is.....
that is enough and it is beautiful...

                                                                 

With enough grace, and love in each season we live....knowing every day has trouble of it's own kind...
we can laugh ...realising life here is heaven's prelude....