Day 1~ Awakening~

Day 1 ~ Last night I couldn't fall asleep but instead of watching TV or playing games, I just lay there thinking. I thought about my Granny and I closed my eyes. I could see her crooked smile and blue eyes as clear as if she were standing right there. I thought to myself, "Wow, that's pretty cool what you just did there." So I closed my eyes and I went to Hurricane Creek. I was lying in the hammock with the sun filtering through the tree top canopy. I could hear the creek off and down to the right, bubbling over the rocks, into the pool and eddying into Dragon Beach. To the left I heard a woodpecker hammering away at an old growth pine for his dinner. I could smell the mossy forest floor and the campfire remains. I drifted off to sleep in the hammock and awoke here, in my bed.
Tonight, I am going to close my eyes, kiss each of my grand babies on the forehead. I plan on sleeping at Hurricane Creek again tonight. Maybe tomorrow night I will sleep in the mountains above Salt Lake City or at Liefestes Fishing camp on the Llano River.
Somewhere along the line, I lost my imagination. I got so busy doing and being that I forgot that I am an artist, a photographer, a writer, a poet and many, many other things. But mostly.... I forgot that I am happy because I forgot that I am a child of the Most High God and I am PRECIOUS in His eyes. Thank You, Jesus for being my Savior.
I leave you with this photo from my archives. It's Hurricane Creek, where I will be sleeping.