She saw herself moving through another life, an exotic, difficult, satisfying life.

Once, this whole world had been hidden beneath a shallow sea.

Then she had been a fiancee, a young wife, and a mother, and she had discovered that these words were far too small ever to contain the experience.

She saw herself moving through another life, an exotic, difficult, satisfying life.

You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.

The challenges in this place are real and sometimes very difficult, but I've learned to slow down and look for beauty in my days, for the mysteries and blessings woven into everything, into the very words we speak.

After all these years, I feel so free. Who knows where I might fly?