Jupiter Part 3


We were not finished.  The lighthouse and grounds were done, but we can never go out without fellowship over lunch.  So our next stop was over to ....

 

 

Lunch was amazing...I wish I had taken pictures of the food.  The time together was special and I was so thankful for the day, for the love, and the friendship. It felt like we had not been apart.  It felt like we had just had a little vacation. Of course I did, down in the Keys.

 

There is nothing nicer than a fine mist of water blowing onto you on a hot and humid day, especially after you have been climbing in a lighthouse.

 

A group of paddle boarders came on by and, low and behold, this was an interesting sight.  I just had to take a picture.   

  

Once lunch was done, we were off walking around Guanabana's taking in the scenery. 

 

 

 

Feel like hanging out and watching the water activities, plenty of relaxing chairs to do that. 

 

 

The gardens are beautiful and it seemed like they were full of exotic succulent plants.

 

 






















Of course I got to play in Photoshop and started adjusting colors and desaturating some colors and leaving others.  That was a new learning curve and lots of fun.

Best of all was the smile on my friends face.  A smile of knowing that all would be okay. A smile of knowing that she was loved.

We wandered around a bit more, took in some of the sights, waited for our car and just knew that we had been blessed by our Father.  This day was a day of joy despite the odds.

 

 

 

 

The treasure chest reminds me that friends are to be treasured.  Who are we without those we love?  Where do we fit in?  I am so thankful for this friend in my life, and all of those women who I am lucky to call friends.  Treasure your friends for they are the ones who will stand beside you in your greatest time of need.



 

Smile my sweet friend, there is more in store for you.  Plans to prosper you and not to harm you.  Plans that will challenge and force you to step out of your comfort zone. 

You don't walk alone, you walk with the Almighty Father at your side, you just need to follow the footsteps.  

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”

~ Henri J M Nouwen, The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey