Dear Reader:

There is a reason why ” our” beach house is named” Rest in Peace” … it is the most needed retreat escape … a place where we can push the ” pause” button on life, on the news, on the world, on our personal concerns back home in our daily lives, and immerse ourselves in the moment… live in the glorious moment!

Yesterday morning… I woke up and realized I was at Edisto with the Ya’s and jumped up ready to take on the day! I scrambled into some warm clothes … ( little chilly) hurried out to the beach to see the sun breaking over the ocean-it was about 7:00.

As I walked the dunes yellow turned to blue…

I gazed at the jetties where my life story took a miraculous intervention so many years ago with a prophetic dolphin. ” All is right with the world and all is right with you… go live your life! ” ( That was fifteen years ago!)

I had to have a picture … but the beach was pretty empty until one lone stroller came slowly walking down the path… I waved her over… and asked if she minded taking a quick snapshot of me on the jetties. Her name turned out to be Ann from Greenville -she was on a church retreat with 14 other women and was in charge of the daily devotion later that day.

She had decided to take a stroll to think about what she would say… and after hearing my ” dolphin” story… she now had it!

My new friend Ann from Greenville… had recently lost her husband … but shared with me her gratitude to God for forty years with the love of her life. Now we each had a story to tell… he lived long enough to see his first grandchild born.

So until tomorrow…

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh