Connecting with Family

Life is all about connections -- connections to the earth and nature, connections to our bodies, connections to our inner beings, and connections to others.  Last weekend we spent a few days strengthening family connections as we visited with two of our sons and their families.

At the Kindersley Farmer's Market on Saturday I connected with a lot of old friends that I hadn't seen for awhile, and made some new friends.  More connections!

It rained a lot of the weekend, but Tuesday, Canada Day, was glorious!  In the morning we went for a walk with our little granddaughter, Ruth, and her mom.

Ruth brought her baby along.

Little legs tire out sometimes, but Grandpa didn't mind!

She loves her baby!

Ruth made connections with the earth as well.  She picked up little handfuls of rocks and then dropped them to the ground again.  It was so quieting to the soul to watch her play with the stones.




On our way home we stopped to take in some of the Canada Day celebrations at the museum in Kindersley.  Another son was demonstrating blacksmithing.  He is a born teacher and I learned so much from listening to him, as did the two young lads who also listened and watched, I'm sure.  It did my heart good to see him in action!

 We also connected with our grandson and his mother that day again.

Felix drank most of my water!

What a beautiful happy pair!

All in all it was a weekend of wonderful connections with loved ones.  A time for enjoying family and friends.  As I get older, those connections seem all the more precious and life-giving to me.  May we all take time for strengthening and deepening connections we already have and for building new ones!