Vacation Day

Today we took a day to just hang with friends. It was close to 100...we spent the entire afternoon in the pool. Water so warm and yet so refreshing...in 5 hours not one of us got out because we were cold. After her friends went home, Maggie and I swam for 2 hours alone. We talked and swam and talked and dove. She told me little secrets and big worries. When she got out of the water she spied 2 butterflies playing tag among the lilies. One took a shine to her and hung out on Maggie's crazy-cool curls for quite a while. For a few moments all her worries seemed to vanish and there was nothing but pure joy in her face.