an ice cream day..

today was definitely an ice cream day... pony tail, no makeup, and sweats. it was perfectly relaxing. i love my sundays, because they are a day to myself, to organize my week, do some laundry, take a nap, eat way too much, and catch up on homework in front of the tv. after this weekend's happenings, it was just the thing i needed to refresh myself and focus on what's really important... i even wrote a poem for my mom today!

The Old Red Barn
(a sweet eulogy to the former farmhouse barn of my childhood)

Laugher. Fun. Magic.

This old barn hold such dear memories.
The red paint has chipped through the years,
Leaving it gracefully weathered from time.
Climbing up to the loft through the outside window,
I can smell the old dry hay, and the dust
Mixed in from the years of this barn's long life.
My brother and sister race up the ladder to the highest point of the loft.
My sister wins - she then takes a run and leaps off the edge
Into the pile of hay below.
She emerges, laughing;
Her hair now entangled with bits of the hay.
Time is forgotten here...
I smile to myself - yes, this place is magical.
Nothing can hurt us up here;

Not in this old red barn.

Sarah L.

So that's it.. I dunno if it's the one I will give to her for her painting that she wants to put it on, but for now it'll do... it was good to go back to those days in my mind. It makes me smile inside, and I wish I could go back there. But here I am.. here I am now, after 20 years of life - here, doing what I'm doing, learning what I'm learning, going where I'm going...all because of Christ. He led me, from that old farm in that old barn, to here, right now, to today. God is good, no matter what. I almost lost that this weekend.. but He's still there, whether I believe it or not. and i'm glad He gives me ice cream days. I'm glad He loves me forever and always..

Sarah