Life can be heavy sometimes.

And also. Life contains infinite tiny moments of lightness.

I sat in the grass the other day at the edge of an overlook parking lot on the Blue Ridge Parkway. My husband rode his bike longer than I did, so I flicked out a quilt on the wet grass to wait for him. I listened to bees buzz and watched dewdrops glisten in the morning sunlight. The droplets made tiny rainbows. By human standards, the grass needed mowing, but its height made it a safe, protected buffet for all sorts of little creatures that buzzed and flitted around me.

It was such an ordinary thing — just some overgrown grass by an overlook parking lot — but it was lovely and quiet. I found peace there. I relaxed with my book and my sandwich while I listened to the happy everyday living of all the insects around me.

I want my blog to have the same sort of impact as that little patch of ordinary, overgrown grass. I’d love for it to offer a little break to folks reading it, to lighten the load of life, to change a train of thought, or just to be a place to sit for a minute and feel refreshed afterward.

Daily writing prompt

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

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