4th of July 2012

So Andrew had the four of us all climb on top of the van to watch fireworks in a small town on the way home from San Francisco, it was just better for us not stay in the city and head towards home.  Mom was warm right below us in the car.  We were just hoping we were parked where we could see them.  So a big tree was a little in the way, but we still saw some beautiful ones!  I just love fireworks!

When the fire works were over, the car was silent as we drove away and then Bobo says, "why were we sitting on the roof of our car?"

So....Fourth of July!  A bit of a hard day turned good.  We were in San Francisco and hoping to see fire works that night over the bridge.  Mom was just not feeling good all day.  In the morning, I had a great run along the sidewalk where I will do the marathon.  It was fun being in a city in the morning when everyone and everything is slowly getting started and emerging.  Then Deveraux, mom, and I had a good walk around Pier 39 which was nice.  We went back to the hotel for a quick swim.  Then we packed up hoping to catch a couple of museums that were free that day...well one museum we couldn't get to and the other was closed.  We stopped on a neighborhood street in Sausilito to "re-group".  While "re-grouping" and trying to decide what we were going to do, I wanted to take some 4th of July photos and while we were taking them, Deveraux poked the side of her eye with her flag stick.  She just missed her eye.  So mom. Bobo, and I went to find ice and a bathroom.  This definitely wasn't the picture I had imagined for 4th of July in this big city with my mom and my family by my side.  But this is where we were...walking down a random street with bodies that don't always "cooperate".

"Christ in me, the hope of glory"

We stopped and prayed on those steps where all those pictures are taken above and just gave the remains of the day to Him... I was reminded who was in charge and it is He who lasts and we are so very weak on our own...and it is okay to not be able to see some great twin fireworks show over the Golden Gate Bridge. 

I also saw how much my husband cared for all of us.  He was so patient just hanging on those steps, kind, he "went with the flow", he tried to create a light mood, he was so attentive and kind to Deveraux and just held her.  I received a whole new appreciation for this man I have been married to for almost 18 years.  Sometimes you have to go on a trip to have things not initially flow to receive one thing.

I received a reminder of who God is in our lives everyday and a reminder of the kind of man I married.

Yeahoo!  4th of July!