Dang it! I missed this video for Mother's Day! Actually I missed my Mother's day post altogether. Here I am a little late, but with this little treasure! For two seconds, I was like COME ON, don't make it sound so bad!! But, then... You're going to LOVE this...
So, yeah, I took the WHOLE weekend off for Mother's Day. I've got loads to do, in a pretty major way. But, you know what? It was AWESOME! The fam asked me what I wanted to do more than anything. So, a hike it was, followed by a hamburger for dinner. Two of my faves. :)
What I usually don't do, but aspire to, and finally did this time, was let go of my expectations and goals for the hike. I followed the kid's rhythm.
This meant, LOTS of stopping to draw and document beautiful things...
This meant, abandoning our shoes, and the trail, frequently...
This meant, time stood still at the waterfalls as we explored the river and our bravery...
This meant, experimenting with lots of objects to see just what would flow down stream...
This meant, loosing ourselves in the moment with sunshine on our faces and the river in our ears...
This meant, I let go of what time it was, and my fat burning heart rate, and the view from the top. This mean, the view from right here was where it was at, and it was pretty awesome. My best gift, aside from the mountain of drawings, cards and hugs I received, was my own personal lesson is how beautiful everything is. Right here and now. Just look around.
XOXO
