My daddy bought me a lavender skirt.My mom and I spent some time singing together like we used to before I was married.
Which country singer 15 years ago crooned, "Life's about changin' nothin' ever stays the same"? She summed it up pretty well.
Every year when I was little, my grandpa used to make sure I had a new Easter outfit. There were the green years and then there were the purple years. Maybe that's why I fell in love with the purple skirt that Monday afternoon? Maybe it reminded me of a simpler time where life was good and time was my friend? Maybe that's why Daddy insisted, gently, that he get it for me?
Sometimes life seems so complicated and just plain hard. But when I stop to remember a time when life was simple and God was really big and awesome in a child-like way, today doesn't seem so hard. I think I'll dig out my purple skirt.
