Thank you, Guideposts, for your inspirational daily messages. On this Memorial Day that is so different from those past, I am grateful for the men and women who sacrificed for our freedom.
Free to Live and Build
I am grateful for the freedom to live in this beautiful place in Montana where the robins sing, build their nests, lay their eggs, and feed their babies right outside my dining room window! I’m free to just bee… free to do nothing but sit and watch today… if that’s my choice!
Free to Bee… Free to Recover…
I found this beautiful, stunned bird sitting on the front porch this morning. Is it a wren? It’s really tiny. Even when TazE (our Boston Terrier) went out to sniff at it, it didn’t move. It was free to just bee… bee still for a while. A half hour later, it was recovered – and thankfully flew away. Free to recover. Free to fly.
Free to Marvel
As I sit here and watch the robins take turns in the nest, I am eternally grateful to those service men and women who gave their lives that I might enjoy the peace I have today. Peace to sit here and marvel at nature. Free to enjoy the peace, and to FaceTime with my daughters across the continent and across the Atlantic.
Peace to watch Bob head off with a neighbor to fish the Madison today.
I hope he is free to catch a big one, like my friend Susan Phillips did this week… and then free to catch and release so someone else can be free to have the thrill of catching this beauty! Our Madison River has a “Catch & Release” policy because the trout all are natives… no “planting” allowed. It’s a world-class fly-fishing mecca!!
What are you free to do today?
Tell me about it.
And what are you most grateful for?
You are free…
Free to
Bee silly…
Free to just Bee!
See ya tomorrow.
Have a Meaningful, Peaceful Monday.
JanBeek 
Comments on: "Free to Do, Free to Bee…" (24)
Hello my friend I am from Ghana
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What fun to make your acquaintance. I don’t know anyone else from Ghana. ❤
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Lol. There is no acquaintance of both of us but I just saw your post that is why I want to make you as my friend
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Well, when I “make you as my friend” here on WordPress, it is an opportunity to get to communicate with you and become more acquainted. I went to Ckob to see your blog and I was told that blog title is not taken … it is available. Strange!
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Alright but my name Obed
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What a blessing of a post as always! I feel free each day to just “be”(bee)! Thank you to the men and women who fought and have died serving. Thank you, Jan, for brightening this rainy day! 💚🇺🇸🙏🏻
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I am so glad you found sunshine here on a rainy day there. Your comment brightened my evening. God bless you!
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God bless you too!
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Thank you for the repost. I really appreciate your affirmation. God bless you! ❤
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Memorial Day carries greater significance this year because of our lengthy weeks and months ahead living under the shadow of Covid. Our duty is to insure the future of a nation carrying on . . . the fallen military personnel sacrificed their future for generations to come.
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The least we can do is honor them by being grateful… and living a fruitful life.
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I always love chatting with the two favorite ladies in my life! And yes….bless our servicemen and women for their dedication and sacrifice!
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Chatting with you and Laina was the highlight of my day! ❤
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we are so blessed to be surrounded by so many heroes! 🙂
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Yes, we are! ❤
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🙂
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A great post Jan. Love the baby robbins. Being silly is good medicine. Have a great day!
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Thank you, Dwight. I hope yours was meaningful and peaceful. ❤
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Yes, rainy and stuck inside! But very good!
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Wonderful photos of your beautiful bird family! I lived our chat today.
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I loved it, too, Laina. I love YOU!! ❤
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A fine photo story
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Thank you! Today I’m going to try to gey a picture of the babies in the nest up close. Need a ladder. Want to capture that photo before they fly away!
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