Through an Open Door

While visiting my brother, I received a text message from Emma informing me that she was moving to Wyoming and that it would be cool if we could meet up sometime. I was pretty stoked to hear from her, since I’d always felt like we had missed out on the chance to get to know each other due to poor timing, but I’m also trying to keep realistic expectations. I don’t know what I’ll be doing in the future and it sounds like her plans are equally uncertain, but it still seems like we should meet up to see if there’s any potential. She’s going to be pretty busy working on a horse ranch, but I’m sure we can find time to meet up.

Just Another Morning

I am taking my mom to breakfast this morning, so I am up before 7am.

The air smells like Springtime and there are rain clouds instead of snow.

After I drop my mom off at work, I take a drive in the country—which is pretty much anywhere outside the city limits of our small town—and I reach a stretch of road without encountering another soul for miles. This is a unique feeling of home…to be the only person in a place teeming with life. Trees, birds, deer, fish in the stream, rolling clouds in the sky…there’s peace and energy in that life. I love humans, but there’s something sacred about a moment alone with life.