Searching for Pearls

After a long break from blogging, I decided to start again as summer arrives. Our schedule is slower now with our first homeschool year finished and another year of softball and baseball finished. As all those things were wrapping up we headed off for the beach for a week to unwind have fun in the sun sand and surf. This morning Jessica and I went "looking for pearls"... or seashells, but because we are girls we think it's more fun to look for pearls. As we were walking and talking next to the ocean Jessica said "Mommy is that a pearl?!!" Upon closer inspection it wasn't a pearl, but a shell where a pearl had grown and forced an indentation in the shell. As we kept walking I began thinking about our morning together. Walking along exploring, enjoying the ocean, laughing, hugging... and the Lord reminded me that the real gift was the time we had to spend together making memories. So we will keep "searching for pearls" knowing that if we never find a real pearl tossed up on the sea...we have "found" something far more precious.