Backyard Surprise

White lights in a yard, illuminating trees at night, are very appealing.

They are something I've always loved and wanted.

This summer, a couple of weeks before he died, hubs climbed a ladder and strung white lights in a small tree behind the fountain.  

He always wanted to do things that would make me happy. 

 I was thrilled with the lights and that made him happy, too.

Then, the squirrels decimated the wires and hubs went to God.  

It was pretty devastating.

One day recently, when returning to the house from doing errands, there was a note on the table from my daughter and a small black switch device.

The note told how she was continuing her father's legacy of  doing things to make me happy!  

Walking to the glass window with panes at the top of the kitchen door, I pressed the control and voila!  Gorgeous white lights illuminated the tree near the fountain and were strung clear across a portion of the yard to another tree.

What joy! What loveliness!  

What a kind and loving gesture on the part of my daughter.  It made me cry, which, of course, is par for the course these days. 

There are lots of tears these days.

That night, the night of the lights, they were happy tears.