This is my office mentioned in the previous post.  I want to tell you about a couple of things in this picture.  That mason jar you see is actually a little light.  It’s a perfect night light.  It is a gift from Tim and Ro and has been a constant in my work space along with the other things you see.  (Well, the clip-on desk lamp you just barely see.)  Inside the light are a little notepad to record “close” moments, and a little green shiny rock.  I’ve used the notes a few times, but really anything I would have written there I wrote about here.

Joe and Karen, along with Karen’s granddaughter McKayla and her friend Haylee, were camped next to me most of the time I was camped in Kanab.  I mentioned they brought a dog visitor back with them from Best Friends.  McKayla and Haylee are 6th and 5th graders respectively.  During the late afternoon the day after they arrived, I thought I heard a barely audible knock on my door while I was reading.  When I looked, it was the two girls come to invite me over to their campfire that night.  I know, how’s that not the sweetest right?

The next day they had returned from Zion and again the little knock. This time they had found a shiny little green rock and they wanted to give it to me.  I know, I know, you can’t make up something this adorable.  So I showed them the light and told them my rock was going to go right inside.  They took it to show Grandma.  I told them about my blog and said I was going to write about my rock and about them.  When I left they asked me about the blog and wanted to know how to follow along.  I hope they are still out there and didn’t give up on me and think I had forgotten.  This became the moment to write about it.

I am well and hope you all are too.