along the highway the entire
time we were on holidays.
halfway home, it was still
all trees, pines and firs,
fireweed covered foothills,
fog enshrouded mountains
and cascading waterfalls—
beautiful, yes, but not
what we had hoped for.
we decided we’d ask God
to make it happen, and why
not?
not long after we saw
a bear trudging along tall
grasses,
a moose standing calmly on
the shoulder,
a bald eagle circling over a
small lake,
mountain sheep traversing
a sheer cliff face, one
slipping
and recovering juvenile
causing us to catch our
breath.
we all felt such joy and
wonder
at those moments, nature
presented to us in
bite-sized chunks
of glory, an answer to
prayer
and the gift of coming home.
even without pictures,
that shared experience still
reminds us that seeing
something together
makes every journey full.
