Childhood Dreams

As a young girl,  the highlight of my summer was going u-picking.

Raspberries and blackberries,  apples and peaches.

Canning, making jam and pies,  oh the smells.

I longed for the day when I would have my own home, 

with all kinds of my own fruit.   How amazing would that be?

This summer,  5 years after putting our roots down here,

we have our first real harvest of fruit.

Raspberries by the bucketful~2 times a week,

  and we picked 130 pounds of peaches this evening. 

I feel something that money can't buy,  feeding my family from the fruit of our hands.

This blessing,  this is wealth,  this is abundance from the Lord.