JUNE 2021

My granddaughter Anna was married on May 15th in my Cross Creek area and the reception was then held in the garden. She was beautiful, of course. I told you last month that I would share some pictures with you. The picture of Anna and Jacob on the bridge is the picture which I used for my main June post pic.  I loved it especially because my husband, David, and grandson, Austin, built this bridge for me years ago, and David would be so happy for Anna and Jacob to walk across the bridge for their wedding vows. How special! We were given perfect weather on the day of the ceremony and everything couldn't have been more glorious. 

June is a month when we think of June brides.  My wedding anniversary is June 8th, and I love the month of June.  The trees and flowers seem to be at their best in June. 

"In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different."

-John Steinbeck

"It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside."

-Maud Hart Lovelace

"Then followed that beautiful season - summer - filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if newly  created in all the freshness of childhood."

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The day after the wedding we had a crawfish boil at the house to celebrate grandson Sam's high school graduation.  It was a fun-filled and packed event weekend.  I loved every bit of it, but lots of celebrating.  

All of us love to see spring come, after the dark, cold days of winter.  Getting outside to have family and friend events is a wonderful thing, especially when we have been isolated for a year with COVID restrictions.  It is such a blessing to be able to be around family and friends once again - and even though we are still being careful, we can be together.

May and June are months of celebrations with graduations, weddings, vacations and outside events. Enjoy, stay well, and be happy in the month of June.

"The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by."

- Alk Wek

Celebrate Today & Every Day!!! 

You may e-mail me at sandykwright@yahoo.com since my gmail address is not working properly.

My Daddy, Mayo Mansfield, is in heaven now, but in June we celebrate our fathers, and I always think of him especially in this month.  I was blessed to have a loving and caring father. My latest book, Strength, was dedicated to Daddy. The book is filled with hymns of faith about strength and God's love. Daddy loved to sing these songs. I can still hear his voice as he would sing out around the house as he went about his daily work. It makes me happy to think of these memories of him. 

Father's Day is a happy day for some and for others it may not be filled with happy memories or present happiness. I understand and know that some do not have good fathers here on earth, and this makes me sad; however, all of us have a good, loving and kind Father in Heaven.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father."

-James 1:17

"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ."

-Romans 1: 7

"See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and so we are."

-1 John 3: 1 (ESV)

"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."

-John 1: 12 (ESV)