Last Mountain Sunset

I captured this picture off our deck the last night of our vacation. What a beautiful sunset. This last evening, we also saw a deer and a moose. It was too dark to capture the moose on film but he was right across the field outside the deck and also we saw one in the neighborhood on our way home. The deer was a six point and his antlers were again covered with soft velvet. I wonder if you become immuned to this lifestyle here .. as easily immuned as we are to seeing the sun and blue skies every day and going to the beach, one has to wonder if you ever tire of seeing the beauty of this? This thought takes me to relationships of course ... do we ever get immuned or so used to our spouse or our family that we suddenly don't "see" them anymore? How do we keep from becoming so used to the hum-drum of life that we forget to see those around us? Or how about our relationship with Jesus Christ? We get so busy, we forget. We forget the amazing beauty or blessings or just how we may have felt His presence in such a way we thought we would never forget and we do ..... this week, I wanted to forget everything and anything! I wanted to forget that my name was Mom --- I think we are up to 1,248 times my name has been called. I wanted to not be followed from room to room. I wanted to have my own thoughts and have a moment to think through a question before another question was asked. And then I think of all my questions above and stop and think what life would be like without them and you realize you don't want to forget the questions, or the name calling or the arguing. You know this is a season and that it does pass. And you hear the stories of others who are ahead and in different seasons and you respect it when they say don't wish it by or take the time to enjoy it. Don't become immuned .... that's my thought for July.