May you truly see this summer: the yellows and blues and the watermelon reds. Soak them all up with the sun and the water. Laugh with your sister, drink the morning coffee, and remember it’s better with a friend. Celebrate the days of marriage, release your tight hold on familiar, and fly a little. May you embrace the important, have less emergencies, and breathe in deep this daily grace.
breathe in deep the daily grace :: yes i plan to do that. every day. thank you for the reminder to slow down a bit and experience the joy before me!
thanks so much for the reminder. In LOVE with your blog. xo
how kind you are. Thank you, Sheri!
Returning home from two weeks with family. Our boys are staying behind for more rough and tumble, getting stinky, memory-filled days.
Emily,
A reminder to savor; sweet mercy, I hardly need that reminder because I’m acutely aware of time this Summer w/my BABY trotting off to college in a few weeks, but oh how I feel your heart in this simple admonition.
And it makes me smile with you.
xo
i’ve been setting an alarm for the summer so i can savor the quiet before the noise begins. love the collage.
I’ve been doing the same thing. Love those early summer mornings.
Sigh…
Such a good reminder in these days of chasing kids and making memories. Thank you.
Your blog is a perennial “last week of June” for me. It’s where I “embrace the important, have less emergencies, and breath in deep this daily grace.”
MUAH!
Oh Emily, I am loosening my strong grip on the familiar and trying my best to fly a bit this summer. It has me all a bundle of nerves, but it is good.
“release your tight hold on familiar”
sigh… I think I’m there
release your tight hold on familiar and fly a little…….
been holding it with a death grip. Both fists clenched. But God has been helping me let go, one finger at a time. So they can be open for Him.
thank you for the very sweet blessing!
With a four day weekend ahead of me, I plan on doing plenty of soaking, laughing, drinking and celebrating! You set the perfect tone.
Amen.
Amen.
Beautiful!
What beautiful words! summer is such a special time isn’t it? I was just thinking how I feel I am just growing so much this season. It feels good! I suppose a slower pace really has something to do with that. Blessings,
What a beautiful post. Those are some of the things we have been doing together already this summer. Soaking in the quiet moments and enjoying the relaxed pace. Thanks for keeping in touch, Emily, in the midst of your busy summer
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Amazing. I come here for your sweetness & wisdom and you always seem to know when I need you most. That sounds so selfish…but when I drop in, there’s always something new and fresh…and needed. I didn’t know it when I came. But when I feel myself relax, breathe deeper, and even my constant prayer is less urgent? Amazing. And, as always, I thank you & wish you&yours every blessing. Have a blessed looong weekend.
Love how you put things…as usual.
Hmmm. I needed this, Emily.
One of the peculiarities of my personality is that I am quite comfortable dealing with emergencies. Sometimes that’s a good thing; I’ve had to face some real emergencies in my life as a wife and mom. But sometimes I create emergencies where there needn’t be any. So to have fewer emergencies is a piece of advice I can really sink my teeth into–a call, really, to more trust and less doubt.
I’ll say it again–I needed this. I find myself saying that about your writing so many times. Your ability to say exactly what needs to be said in just a few well-chosen, gentle words is one of your greatest gifts, I think. I appreciate the way you’re faithful with that gift.
Love ya!
Dear Emily, I stumbled onto your 31 days of grace, the one on marriage, brought tears to my eyes. Similar as you share the art can get us to cry.
I love your writing. I love to write too. I hope to read more of your blog, so very pretty too.
Thank you so much.
Ps. I hope your sis the nester is not taking on too much. I sort of liked her one maim blog. Just sharing, please share with her. Maybe she can help those other gals get started and shape her one main blog for her followers, one could wonder..OCW
I am new to your blog. I came here from Edie’s blog. Your posts are beautiful and moving. I also left a comment on your post about teenage girls.
Ruth