The smell of new pencils

Nothing feels like "new" more than the first day of school.  New books, new shoes, a crisp new backpack, a spiral notebook that is shiny and unscathed.  A new school year brings with it new friends and new experiences. A huge blank slate just begging to be filled with colorful exhibits and sketches of so many unknowns.  It is all so scary and exciting at the same time...

A sense of space....

When you are in a car for hours at a time you become aware of space in a new way...

To travel across the country it took our family of four a moving truck,

 a car transport, and a car that pulled a u-haul.

The long open road....

happiness is....a good friend and a good cup of coffee

a good friend refreshes the soul....

New beginnings....

An early morning sunrise on the road to new beginnings...
somewhere on the I-10 in New Mexico...

Every now and then in life you have the opportunity to create a new beginning...

...actually, I believe that God provides that opportunity for us each day....