summer memories.

Close your eyes. Summer wasn't that that long ago, but already the warm air and the cricket song nights seem distant in our minds. Summer is my favorite season. But this summer was really rough for me. Maybe someday I will be able to fully and bravely tell the story of all that my soul has carried. But for now I will just say that this is the summer where I learned how to really cry, really pray, and really long for heaven. It was just one of those seasons in life. A lot of my usual summer places are now haunted in my memory by the pain that I felt there and the weight of what I was wrestling through. That's why I think it's important to share these pictures because I need to see the beauty of my life, remember that God makes himself apparent anywhere there is hurting. These might just look like nice pictures of summer, but I remember the way I felt during this season of my life, as I took each one. I need to share them, to set a little bit more of my soul free. I'm trusting God to "un-cripple" me from my fear.