Shadow Lake w/ friends

Today we went to Shadow Lake with Amy and her kids

for a last day of summer vacation beach party!!! 

about 20 years ago, I went to Shadow Lake with some friends of mine.

One of them had her little baby girl with her.

I watched how cute and sweet it was for her to play with her daughter

in the sand on the shore of the lake, in the summer sun.

And I dreamed… 

I thought about how I might take my baby there someday.

And today, I did just that. 

Only you are no baby anymore. 

And it wasn't nearly as nostalgic as all of that. 

We just had a great time, building new memories

of real things that are better than I ever could have dreamed 

of for myself and a family. 

You are my real, always sunshine. 

Sunshine.