We turned the sharp turn towards the little house.
Dinner with the newlyweds, the planned welcome home.
I can see the roof from a distance on the long, main road.
Looking towards the right, in the distance past the wide field.
Yellow house under blue sky embraced all around by border of green.
I turned towards peach fields, all leaves now, blooms becoming soft, pretty fruit.
Wide open fields lined with trees for miles.
This is the place God graced them.
I look again, again, again.
Same place.
Same grace, still I look again and linger.
We eat together surrounded by ribbons, paper, china…talking, laughing, remembering bliss of the day they wed.
I look towards window, I can’t resist.
Almost night now, the trees lit low.
My daughter is a wife.
I’m a surreal kind of floating happy, like not believing I was chosen to be an observer of her joy.
It’s a new happy, a graciously quiet content.
We say goodbyes to newly husband and wife.
And turn towards the sharp curve home in the road.
Almost cobalt dusky blue sky love, grace, and God.
I’m captivated, yet again
By the grace of their open space.