MEMORIAL PARK...

along the familiar three mile trail of memorial park:

i've walked as a guest in houston while we were here for summer internships and as a resident of houston.

i've walked a dog, worn a baby carrier, pushed a single stroller, and a double stroller.

i've held my husband's hand and i've held tiny hands while pushing an empty stroller.

i've worn short-sleeves, sweatshirts, shorts, long pants, tennis shoes, and headphones along the way.

i've walked with friends who are single, newly engaged, newly married, and in seasoned marriages.

i've walked with friends who just lost a parent, recently lost a baby, and friends and their babies.

i've bumped into old friends i hadn't seen in years and had conversations with strangers.

i've listened to songs and podcasts, had phone conversations, in-person conversations, and prayed.

i've had days i didn't feel like i could finish three miles and days i went around the loop multiple times.

i've attended picnics, playdates, field trips, holiday parties, and class parties.

i've people watched, dog watched, golfball watched, bird watched, and traffic watched.

i've snapped pictures for random people along way and had our family pictures taken by lisa woods.

i've eaten ahi tuna sandwiches at beck's and ordered smoothies from smoothie king.

i've passed out so many snacks and handed out countless books to the stroller occupants.

i've flown paper airplanes, pushed kids on swings, and watched them on the slides.

i'd logged hundreds of miles around this park. but it wasn't until evan began work at his new office last year that i first noticed the clear view of his building. as i come around one of the corners on the trail i now smile with God each time this tower comes into sight. like a beacon among the clouds. and i am reminded that familiar and unknown, past and future, all my steps and all my days, are intricately woven together and known by Him.