Today something occurred that has been a life-long dream for me (well, as long as I can remember, at least). We purchased a hammock. My wonderful husband hung it between two willing trees (they must have been willing, since they grew the exact, perfect distance apart from each other). I stood for a moment, looking at this greatest-of-yard-sale-finds, realizing that I was about to complete a dream. It is a bit sobering, coming to the end of a dream, and achieving a life-long goal. True, it was just a hammock, but it was something that I had envisioned for at least 20 years. Here it was, hanging in front of me, waiting for me to relax in its ropes.
Let me say, it was everything I dreamed it would be. Idyllic. That's the word that came to mind. And as I lay there, looking through the canopy above me to the intensely blue sky, the contrast of the green leaves rustling in the breezes left in Irene's wake, the soaring white clouds, the sparkling yellow sunshine, and the songs of hundreds of birds, I realized this was pure bliss. It was twenty minutes of uninterrupted, self-indulgent bliss. God's creation moved about me, and I sank into a restful state, appreciative of this small moment in my life where everything I had imagined was actually coming true....a real life "happily ever after", my hammock and me.
