I took a beach hike this morning, all by myself. Usually Aaron wants to tag along, but he slept in, and I took off. Judging the distance, I think I walked about 3 miles. I took along The Bible, sitting down periodically to read some Scripture. I've been working my way through David's Psalms. There is incredible hope in those words. Katie's not had a great day. She's missing Gracie a lot today. That's also been affecting me. In September, it will be two years. Sometimes, it seems like twenty years; others, it seems like two minutes.

I did catch a smile on my sister-in-law's face today. We were happy to see one of them again.