Sometimes You Don't Know What You Have - Until It's No Longer There

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This old gal…

Has a friend…a friend who once said, ‘You don’t know what you DON’T have, until you find it’…

And this is true…that job…relationship…friendship…don’t know its potential until you find one that checks all the boxes, boxes you didn’t even know existed…

Always visit the birthplace of that husband of mine in March…wait until spring…wait until it’s warm…wait until it’s…

Texas wildflower time…

The drive to Pleasanton more than pleasant…two hours of back roads…two hours of cute little towns…two hours of wide open spaces…

Filled with wildflowers…Texas wildflowers…wildflowers as far as the eye can see…blues and pinks…yellows and reds…the sight is gorgeous…spectacular…breathtaking…

Until the last few years…the weather unusually hot…the weather unusually dry…that drive unusually colorless…or more like flowerless…and the hearts of Iowa travelers us, assuming they’ll always be there…were sad…

And so it is…in life…take nothing for granted…because sometimes you don’t know what you DO have, until it’s not there…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…