I am sitting here after having returned from a 3-week journey
across Portugal and southern Spain.
Perhaps it is because I have been up for 2 days of travel in returning
home which causes me this moment of reflection.
Perhaps it is because my son and I are finally able to decompress with
our sweet Sadie and sweet Todd. I have
missed them greatly. I am tearful tonight.
I am having my second glass of wine and I am unashamedly tearful as I realize
have fortunate I am. I may not have that
picture-perfect Hallmark family of which the media and society tell us that we
must have. I have unabashedly chosen to remove myself from those that do not
accept a life which is tied to the external material existence. I do, however, have a few family and friends which
I hold quite close to my heart. We have
not been without the turmoil that is natural to those who we hold most dear, yet
we are bonded. Fiercely, loyalty, lovingly
always. I am stuck so strongly that it
nearly takes my breathe away. I realize
in this moment so clearly, so beautifully, how I am very blessed.
