Missing a Piece

When you walk instead of run you notice more. Sometimes you forget all the you have around you and I'm surrounded by so much beauty. I realized how much I've missed this creative outlet. Maybe it's the summer and all the gardens so full that inspire me. Maybe it's one child moving out and another moving into her senior year. Maybe it's the busyness of my new path that takes me further and further away from the role of homemaker. But, I miss those simple days at times. Although I'm enjoying the natural forward movement, I need to look back now and again to remember all I've been able to experience. Homeschooling days are done, reading books before bed and slow walks to watch the chickens are not a part of my present or future. But I can take little pieces with me. One little piece for today, a wild yeast experiment for Sunday sourdough.