Fishing in the Rain

They say you can tell a lot about a girl when it rains on her wedding day.  It seems to me that you can also tell a lot about a girl when it rains and she keeps on fishing.  Bringing the kids out fishing on a less than optimal day for weather and potential for actually doing any “catching”, I wondered how the outing would turn out.  Bryan and I got the kids’ poles ready.  Bryan and Cody fished together and Gracie and I walked down the dock a little way and threw our lines into the water.  The mist changed to rain.  Gracie smiled and swung her feet below her.  She talked about what the fish might be doing under water and how big they might be.  We discussed, with the whisper of rain falling around us,  how fun it was to go fishing as a family, the ducks swimming by out ahead of us, and how worms get their nutrients from the soil.  Gracie’s naturally curly hair spun into ringlets as it became saturated.  Joy came over me as I realized Gracie was truly having fun and taking in the adventure for all it was worth.  Contentment is something I have learned to value in my life and I want it desperately for my children.  Setting and reaching goals is imperative to a positive existence and yet without contentment we are never satisfied.  We don’t have everything that money can buy and still we are not without everything we need to be happy.  There is a balance worth finding and I am pleased to see that in my family.