and then i put my heart back in my chest...

when i decided earlier this week

that i wasn't a painter

god

painted a picture for me

and said

"here, this is for you"

"will you photograph it and share it with the world"

~~

of course

with it being god and everything

i did as he asked

and

everything in my world made sense again

to renew anything not feeling right in my life

i walk the pond

and

this heron called to me monday afternoon

as i walked by him a second time

i walked as close to the edge as i could

and

sat down in the dried pond reeds leftover from last year

and

as i got comfortable

he fished

right in front of me

not once

but twice

and

i know for fact

that for a full minute i stopped breathing

and

my sweet hubby waiting on the trail behind me

whispered

"holy crap, did you get that"

~~

i wanted to share this last photo to show you again how this pond truly is in the middle of town

~~

the yellow truck

the orange fish in the heron's mouth

oh

let's just call it

heaven

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