Our first stop in our journey to Montana was San Angelo, Texas, the place of my childhood and teenage years.  We stayed in the country with my dear friend Barbara and her husband Tim.

After purchasing my new phone, we went to the Art Exhibit at old Fort Concho. Two of my favorite paintings were by artist David Dorsey, entitled “The Buffalo Hunter” and “White Water”…

We drove around the lake where I loved to water ski.  It just looked so beautiful that I had to get out of the car and take a photo for you to see.

But when I looked at the photo, I thought to myself, “This is just going to look like any old lake to them”!  Then I realized that the real beauty is held in my memories and the wonderful times shared there with family and friends.  Nothing can ever take that away from me.  It will always be beautiful!

And look at this incredible West Texas sky… Oh how I love the skies!

Very early the next morning at daybreak I looked out my bedroom window to see the lights of San Angelo at the horizon.

In that moment my entire life there seemed to be captured in those lights as they glistened in the distance.  They reached out to embrace me as they held my treasure.  I thought about the phrase in the “sending forth” of the marriage ceremony…”that your home may be a haven of blessing and a place of peace.”  I love that phrase.  I felt it so strongly in that moment.  San Angelo, my homeland, had been exactly that for me growing up and it continues to feed my soul.  I thank God for this gift. What a wonderful beginning to our journey!

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