Peace Like a River

I remember writing an essay over thirty years ago, in the weeks that followed David losing a job in which one of the last lines were "that peace is elusive now". Was thinking of those words and how well they fit the last three months. So much loss in people's lives, and frustration and sadness that went along with this pandemic and so much unknown still. Yes, Peace is elusive fits it well. Today though peace flowed like a river, like that hymn many of us know so well. Peace in laughter and meals together with Tim, Ben and Dave. Peace in a walk at the state park with our sweet pups Mia and Bailey relishing every moment, every smell, every tree and blade of grass. Peace in watching Ben watering the little garden he's starting in the back yard, and understanding all the gifts he has. Peace in the pride I feel in all my sons and the good men that they are. Peace in reading the most wonderful book, This Tender Land, and finishing the pages Just before the e-book would disappear and realizing while the pages were gone, the feeling that I had read something magic would linger for the longest time. Peace like a river, Peace like a river, Peace like a river in my soul.