Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. - Rabbi Harold Kushner, Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in the Boston suburb of Natick, Massachusetts. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Columbia University.


My little babies both came home with a little bug Tuesday night. Thankfully, though, they were in good spirits and increasing health yesterday but the daycare won't take them back son soon so I had the pleasure and stress of once again playing the role of a stay-at-home-mom-for-a-day. In the early afternoon, we decided to take a drive. I brought along my camera and Macy brought hers and we headed out to some of the beautiful back roads of East Texas. It was a foggy, dreary day and the pictures turned out pretty neato, I think. Above is a shot I took on Old Omen Road just east of Tyler and North of Whitehouse. I actually enjoy dreary days. I think the world looks beautiful when the sun is hiding behind the clouds and the air is thick with haze and dew. I guess if you can appreciate the beauty in it, you can forget the dreariness of it all.