my front porch.

sometimes...

          all it takes 

to

clear your mind

     lift your spirit

          ease your heart

               un-hide that happy

to

help that beer too many taste so good

     let the belly laughs roll until you can't breath

          pretend there aren't hands on that ticking clock
               act like you've got not a care in the world

is to 
 open up that front porch.

literally and figuratively.
the front porch to your heart, your mind and your home.

  from noon one day til sun up the next.
  as friends and strangers and neighbors and family
  stream up those steps, on that porch
  filling your heart spaces
  yard games, sidewalk chalk, music, sunshine, sunset
  an epic sing-a-long, tighter hugs, one giant deep breath
  and an old school dance and karaoke good time

open it up 
     and within only a few hours you'll find
twenty-ish of your favorite people right where they need to be.
where you need them to be.

on my front porch. in every single way.

.....and a little john prine helps too.




happy spring y'all.