WITH GRACE AND GRATITUDE Jeff and I again travel to California to visit an old friend. So many trips we've taken to see mom in her sunset years. Those days are over now. We had hoped to see Hilda this time, but she is not well enough for a visit after breaking her pelvis in early November.
So we are saying yes, weather willing, to a trip to see another friend becoming too fragile for travel himself. Feeling a certain sadness, and it could be the time of year and the foggy mist outside, along with knowing life is not forever, and good friends die, as shall we when our time comes.
For now, we are blessed with the health to still be able to travel, enjoy the journey, and pay our respects to one who was once my partner, but our paths have taken different directions. With grace and a tender heart, we travel, giving thanks for life's many blessings this Thanksgiving week.
The top photo is Curtis and me on a summer trip some years ago, enjoying an area southwest of Mt. Shasta where the waterfalls are beautiful. The middle photo captures the majestic mystery of the Grand Canyon on a trip Jeff took with his dad. The lower photo was taken at the Avalon, before it closed its doors, ending, at least for the immediate future, a lovely venue for live music. Life is full of new beginnings, and yes, times where we pay our respects and let go of hopes and expectations, trusting the unknown will unfold in its own ways!
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