Reason to Believe
I am thankful for Tennessee warblers
And for the Cape May warblers that pass through here in the fall.
I'm thankful that some of them stop in the birch to look at the bubbling water
and sometimes take a bath.
I'm thankful for the box turtles that roam our land, and glad they keep trying to nest here.
I'm thankful for small dogs and redheads.
I'm thankful for jasmine on the nightstand.
I'm thankful for tuberoses, and for flowers that can give off fragrance in the darkest nights.
I'm thankful for Fuchsia magellenica, that lives through the winter right there in the garden and explodes like a pinata in late summer.
I'm thankful for morning mist, and for the mornings when I have had someone with me to walk Phoebe and Liam out to the bus stop.
Someone like youMakes it hard to live without Somebody else
Someone like you Makes it easy to give
And never think about myself
Tim Hardin, "Reason to Believe"
Labels: box turtle, Cape May warbler, Fuchsia magellenica, Tennessee warbler
posted by Julie Zickefoose @ 5:40 AM
10 comments
10 Comments:
Oh Julie... this almost made me cry. So much to be thankful for indeed.
A soft reminder that we all need to look around and give thanks.
Lovely.
Dear Julie,
This is a very sweet post. I'm thankful for your beautiful photos and your poetic and funny writings !
Have a good day,
Andrea
Such an appropriate and poignant post for this anniversary of such a sad day. We do indeed need to stop and count our blessings. Thanks for reminding us again.
I needed this reminder today. Sometimes we forget just how fortunate we are. Thanks, Julie. You say things so well.
With memorial services going on all around the DC area today, this is a wonderful reminder to thank God for all the beautiful and simple things in our lives.
This is beautiful, Julie. I am thankful that we have these words to read, to be reminded.
Julie,
This post tugs at my heartstrings in so many ways. But that last photo...can I move back now?
And I am thankful for articulate friends who put it out there for the rest of us to read.
And I am thankful that we have Julie Z to capture so poignantly the many blessings we have for which to be thankful.
I was a stranded traveller 6 years ago. I've come back several times today to look at your list, which is different in detail but not so much in spirit from my own, and tried to think of something to say. Finally found it: thanks.
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