Father's Day

Today was a great day that actually started last night when Helaina came in the door with Rachael. This was a complete and pleasant surprise to me. I had just been talking with Mom about not hearing so much from Rachael and thinking about spending this day without her.

We all got up early and spent the morning at the flea market- maybe starting out a little too early.  The afternoon was spent planting irises that Jake gave me and a new viburnum which Helaina gave me to replace the old one. In between, I made muffins with Sam and I got to cook for all of them.

As the day wound down, I stopped at Dad's grave, as I have every Father's day, save one- before having to bring Rachael to the bus station for her long ride back to The Big City.

It was a whirlwind and people are tired. It reminds me of one of those summer days long ago when the kids were small and we would get up early to head out to the beach. It was great, but exhausting. We would get back to the cottage and the rest of the day would be spent trying to get people to relax and keep out of each other's way.

It was all worth it.

And it still is.

I hope your day was as good as mine.

Let's close with this, as I have on most other Father's Day...