"Mom, can I fly away?"

Brekyn, Elle and I were sitting out on the back patio this afternoon enjoying a wonderful Southern spring day! I love our home in the spring. It is the time when it's perfect weather and our backyard livens up.

As we were sitting out there, I noticed that Brekyn was watching a bird fly from tree to tree. He then looked up at me with an inquisitive expression on his face and said,

"Mom, can I fly away?"

"Fly away?" I said a bit startled and completely curious... "Where would you fly to?"

"Ya Ya's" was his simple reply. (Ya Ya is my mother)

"Ya, Ya's huh? What would you do once you got to Ya Ya's?" I asked.

"I would get her mail for her."

There's no deep meaning behind this post. It was just one of those conversations that I find completely precious and I hope I'll always remember. If I could come up with any deep thought in regards to this, it would simply be a reminder of how blessed I am to have family that loves one another deeply.

It is really a rare thing in today's world to have family that is still in-tact and loves one another through the good and the bad. I must admit that it has been hard that the Lord has always called us so far from our family, but it makes me smile to think about how much my children love their grandparents and aunts and uncles and great grandparents despite the distance. It truly is a testimony to the power of love. Praise God for that!:)