Devil's Lake Backward

I feel so blessed to have Wendy and Erin as a part of the team that cares for Ben these days. Their help has allowed me to get to my favorite hiking place more often than ever, to have time to think and pray and exercise, and that my work at home and school is better as a result.

Something else that has enriched my life is a friend whose perspective is different than mine. Rosie has been a great friend for many years and her perspective has always challenged mine. She and Andrew came for a wonderful, (but too short!) visit a few weeks ago and we went to Devil's lake. I've always hiked the lake from west to east (mostly because I enter on the west side and can't wait to get to the east side to start hiking!) but since we dropped Andrew and the girls off on the other side to go swimming, we just naturally started up that side. As if I needed a testimony of the value of Rosie's additional perspective in my life, the hike in this direction treated us to these amazing views of the lake...views I had never seen...because I had never turned around! Ah, the many values of friendship...