September 25

As I walked to pick Isaac up from school this afternoon, I glanced at a random house's lawn. After noticing a patch of brown grass, I felt compelled to stop so I could take its picture:

It reminded me of an important truth. Every lawn features, at one point or another, a few rough patches. But the big picture --the expanse of full, lush grass-- is still beautiful despite those imperfections.

Life's like that, too. We have down times and dry spells that serve to discourage us, but the overarching reality is that despite those times, life is still a lovely thing. And those hard times are just pieces of the patchwork that make us who we are.