Restful Ridge

I woke up this morning to the tip-tapping of rain hitting the metal roof of the cabin.  It's not always been that way - a metal roof - but rather, one of the many new changes we have made recently.  As I laid there and listened to the sweet sound, I thought of all that has changed in our lives and with the cabin.  11 years - we've been blessed to have our "Restful Ridge" (as we named it so many years ago) eleven years.

The cabin has been a place of comfort for my family.  A place of refuge when we need to be alone and a place of great joy when we take our friends and extended family along.  We have celebrated and mourned, we have laughed and we have cried at the cabin.  There are times we go to rest and other times we go to have an adventure.  Some trips (most trips) we are anxious and can't wait to get there, and still there have been trips that we had to make ourselves get in the car to go knowing that our hearts would hurt as we walked in the front door without loved ones.  The kids once played ON the pool table (don't ask) and now play a real game!  Toy Story, Nemo, and Cars have played on the DVD player more times than we can count.  We have transitioned form the older kids riding their tricycles around the porch to riding go-carts on the track.  We have gone from putting the portable baby cribs away in the basement to pulling them back out for the new babies.  Life has changed, as it always will, but one thing remains the same - we are a blessed family.

There may be changes and new additions to the family and the cabin,  we may have to hold memories in our hearts of friends and family once with us, but I am thankful for our many memories and times shared in the mountains.  Having the cabin is not a necessity, nor is it something we could not live without, but it has certainly been a blessing to my family.

This photo was taken in December of 2009 - one of my  favorite cabin picutres!