beach day

sunday was a beach day. the air was perfectly crisp and 'beachy' i could feel my lungs relaxing with the freshness of the day. the boys were happy playing in the sand (daddy included) and i got to dig my toes deep in the warm sand with a good book.

i made a beach video since i'm all out of blog storage and can't upload my pictures. so this means...pay a monthly fee or start a new blog...leaning toward the new blog. (which means it'll mostly be the same exact thing just a new blog address with fresh storage space). i'm still pretty sad about this!

when i sit down and i look at these pictures of the boys, they fill my heart up. they don't show our struggles. they show a lot of love. love between them and love between us. people don't get to see the struggle on a blog or in pictures. we look from the outside window into peoples' lives. we don't always see their pain and sorrow. joy and happiness is much easier to see behind a camera lens and we only see what we perceive. you never know how you'll be a source of comfort to another. kindness spreads only goodness. and so i bottle up each act of kindness bestowed on me and then i try and pass on a little too. i'm so grateful for our family and for friends who pick us up when we've fallen down. honestly, it feels like we're tripping a lot these days...stumbling around trying to find our way. and i'm glad we have sweet souls who gift us with 'flashlights' to light the way, warm hands and soothing words that carry us along through the dark. They are angels on earth.