Tomorrow I am going hiking. Tomorrow I am going HIKING!!! I am a little excited. It will be my first hike of the season. In fact it will be the first hike since my hiking buddy Debbie passed away.
I grew up hiking. My family’s property was blessed by being surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of acres of forest. We could hike to our hearts content. I was the oldest. I would organize all of the neighbor kids, pack lunches, gather all of the animals and we would hike. We would hike through the forest, down the canyons and through the streams. 6 kids, 2 dogs, 1 sheep and the pony. It was a real parade but we had so much fun.
For many years I did not hike. I am not sure why. I was busy, my spouse wasn’t interested … I just did not hike. But about 10 years ago Debbie and I fell in love with a picture of Punch Bowl Falls. We decided we were going to find it and hike there. It was our first real hike. After that we hiked almost every weekend. Then we began to backpack, snowshoe & cross country ski. It was a joy to be outside and to see country that most people never get a chance to see. In so many ways I felt that I had recovered a piece of myself that I had lost.
Tomorrow as I hike I will remember Debbie and the joy that we found in as we celebrated God’s creation together. I will let the wind blow the cobwebs of sadness away and let my soul be refreshed by the beauty around me.
“perfect in beauty, God shines forth” Psalm 50:2
I look forward to a whole lot of shining tomorrow.
Just Connie
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