"...just a snapshot in time …

 Snapshot memory

“…photography…

Oh, I suppose it’s just a way of trying to fix things as they go past. To keep what’s vital from being lost.” (Rory Lomax in The Dig)

Although, I recall our grandchildren’s conversation this summer day, I don’t remember what the cousins were chatting about but I do remember the sound of them talking , the laughter, the breaking waves, salt water on their faces and in their hair; and the sunshine shimmering on the ocean, the light wind, the empty net, the holding of the beach hat against the ocean breeze.

They have been together since they were born. They crawled together, vacationed, learned to ride waves , learned to maneuver distance together, joy and loss together …

“Our understanding is just a snapshot in time … and new memories replace old memories”

At a later age they may be talking about the breaking waves, and how they will withstand life‘s challenges together, or possibly the wind ‘how they faced struggles head on together and got to the other side ’ or recalled memories with family on beach vacations decades ago.

But this moment and day - it was only standing in the waves near end of day,attempting time after time to catch something with the net he held, both knowing in their ♥️’s the next time they were going to succeed , - resilient and encouraging one another to not give up, just enjoying the moment- not a care in the world.

 Life keeps moving forward and similar conversations and loving memories surely happen between other cousins, siblings,family, over other generations and lifetimes, I’m sure. 

“You are in the air I'm breathing

You are in the night time sky

You are in the storm retreating

You are in the first sunrise 🌅 

You are in the firm foundation

You are the life to seek”

(You Are by Citipointe)

“God knows all about us, and He knows what is best for us. He sees the dangers we face, and He also knows the joys we could experience. 

But God not only knows what is best for us, He also wants what is best for us.

 The reason is simple: He loves us." 

- Billy Graham, The Journey