perfection

I know I've talked over and over about perfection...Is there any such thing as a perfect day?
The answer is YES!!
I had one yesterday.  I read in A Gift from the Sea.."a perfect day plucked from a normal life."  That's what I had.  I tried to think what made it so perfect.
I spent the day with things I loved.  I spent the morning at Annmarie Gardens enjoying the great outdoors, fairies and art.  That afternoon I headed for the deserted beach (due to Hurricane Irene) and enjoyed reading laying on the beach...walking and shelling when I wanted to...just enjoying the sun and surf.  I picked up shells to remind me of this perfect day.
The bay brings no commercialism.  It is just the bay...so different from the hustle of the beach...The bay is littered with tons of shell pieces...shells broken apart by years of churning and tossing...they lead you into the water...yesterday there were jellyfish everywhere.  I am sure churned up by the storm...large ones...

The sky was azure blue with white clouds, the sun was out...I laid on the beach and read and re-read.
It was pure heaven.
Today I left due to the evacuation...I want to take that feeling back home with me.  That feeling of peace and tranquility and perfect balance of it all.

I laughed...the day that two years ago brought me so much pain this year brought me so much joy....and the eve of that awful day this year brought me something new that included lots of special (that's one for you Nick and Jenn...tip the glass!) laughter and smiles. What a special special day...and it will forever now be associated with all of these good and perfect things.  God does have a plan.  Oh, thank goodness I was still and listened...

God is good all the time!