Seasons (Ecc. 3:1)

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven….


There is a time to read to my children, to swoop them into my still lap and point their fingers to the letters of the alphabet, to count the ten giraffes on the page.


There is a time to sip champagne and to celebrate the romance in my life that sustains me when the trees have shed their party dresses and darkness comes early.


There is a time to fasten my knees to a stiff, cold pew and listen to the words of others.


There is a time to cook the best food I can find, to mull over the right platters, to pick the most comfortable cups.


There is a time to be a good friend, to listen, to bear others’ burdens. There is a time to speak my own problems as well.

There is a time to stand in a light and proclaim unyielding devotion, and there is a time to quietly go on my way just knowing.

There is a tiny amount of time to discover what is wrong with the world or how it could be better, and there is an expanse the size of an ocean of time to praise the Creator for this incredible world just as it is.


There is a time to learn and to cherish my favorite color, and there is a time to see no color at all.


There is a time for families to gather and to bring in their suitcases their own conflicted ideas to the place that has so carefully whittled them, a time to figure more things out over board games.


There is a time to seek warmth and there is a time to make oneself into that needed comfort.

There is a time to run as far and as fast as I can, and there is a time for walking in the shadows of a passing season.

There is a time to text, and there is a time for text.

There is a time for more food and more friends. Thankfully, almost every moment of a life can become this.

There is a time for everything, and this means there is time for everything. When the time comes for me to say that I have done everything that I can do, I know this will be a season of peace.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving.


--submitted by Kerri Snell
We at The Well want to wish each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. We will be open our regular hours Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, but will close Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with our families.