I will go back for color, soft lyrics and music...for kind words, true stories, a child's laughter and a grandfather's tears. I will go back for inspired books, fancy paper, puppies, 3 by 5 cards, and quiet thoughts. I will go back to try on pretty nightgowns, to plant a tomato, to smell the sidewalk in rain, to read poetry and storybooks, to buy long skinny sticks of multi-grain bread in brown wrappings. I go back to words and memories that feel like love. I love going back home after a long day.
There are a few things in our lives that we go back to just because they make us smile. A painting, the scriptures, a pen in a shoppe window, an art museum, a forrest place, a note, a friend. I've wondered why we are constantly searching out things that make sense to our souls. Does it make us feel more at home in this borrowed world?
What are a few of the many things in your life that make you smile? What draws you back again?
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The temple, a good book, my children's faces.
I go back for laundry shute rides, and a star shirt I wore when I was young. I go back to watching my mom put on her make-up and do her hair while I admire her beauty and kindness. I go back for rain puddles, four-square and catching tadpoles. I go back to wearing my wedding gown again while feeling like a real-life princess in the temple. I go back for sliding down the stairs, twin dolls, popcicle sticks, and ... many many other things. :)
My table and dream again...
The smell of library books (I used to pick them by their smell), crunching leaves under me feet, the smell of jack-o-lanterns with burning candles, sticky faced kisses, hand made love notes, squishy hugs, giggles from a "lights out" bedroom, neighborhood games (kick the can, sardines, etc.), long walks, I could go on and on!! :)
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