The Beautiful Gift of a Backyard

A backyard is more than a patch of grass behind your home. It’s a sacred threshold — the in-between space where your outer world and inner life quietly meet. It’s where laughter echoes during late-night gatherings, where friends lean back in their chairs and forget the time. It’s where your kids run barefoot, chasing dogs and dreams, and where the fireflies seem to know your name. But just as often, it’s a place of solitude. A patch of earth where you can breathe, pray, or simply sit — fully alone, and fully okay. You don’t need string lights or a fancy patio to make it beautiful. The beauty is already there. In the way the wind moves. In the way the sun falls. In the way your feet remember they’re part of the ground. If you have a backyard — even a small one — this post is a gentle invitation to see it as something more: a space to gather, to care for, to rest in. A place to live.