June 15, 2006

The Firefly Ballet

Summer Sunset Holiday Island Arkansas


The Fireflies are back...The locals say its a banner year for them. Woody and I have been dining out most evenings and as we drive home in the early evening twilight, the road side grass, and the trees are blanketed with the twinkling lights of thousands of luminescent tummies, all little flying romeo's looking for a prom date...

just as the firey leaves of fall and the dogwood blossoms say Spring is really here, Fireflies are the symbol of Summer's brilliance here in the Ozark's. Its going to be hot and hopefully stormy this year as we so need the rain...

I have spent the past few evenings out here on the lanai. It is around 80 degrees and humid. A thunderstorm is in the offing and I can hear the lightning off in the distance... It is peaceful and after a day with the loudest woman on the planet shreaking next to me, and the last minute stand off I had as I tried to leave and my old boss came up and said I couldnt ...I was needed to help someone else... I blew out of there, So I could put a few dishes in the dishwasher and a decent meal in front of my husband...

and to rest and think about my mother, Who may be in her final illness...forgive me if I say that the sooner her demise the kinder it will be for her she has suffered terribly.

In thinking about her I stood out in the general area of where I want to set up my shop and swore that I would not live my life safely, the way my mother did...choosing the world's way over what God might have had for her life. I make a lot of money at "thisplace" but it is very unsatisfying... And not Gods best for my life.

Life is short, a season really, like the fireflies, we shine brightly for a moment then we are gone. I want to make the most of what I have today. You cant wait for a future that may never come... Life is for the moment live now!
now.....