WILD

                                

 have you ever heard the song oh heavenly day ?

   that's how i'm feeling this morning. that "i just crawled out of a tent in the woods" feeling.

                                                               
                                                i'm.  in. love. with. nature.
                                                            

the song  oh heavenly day   is playing on my stereo and i've had my first cup of vanilla/mocha coffee, a bagel and my whole lazy sunday is stretched out in front of me.

i can't quite decide what to do first i'm so in love with this day. because i had company (twice) : ) this last week, my house is all polished up and i have nothing i really HAVE to do today. i do know this, as soon as i wrap up this post, i will put on my yoga pants, a t-shirt, flip flops and strap my camera around my neck, i'm going to put a buff head band in my hair- make another cup of something warm and i'm heading out into the world to capture some pictures of this day.

 

 i want to freeze it. i want pictures to look back at when the world goes all white and these golden leaves and still waters are frozen up solid.

 

i just finished reading the book WILD by cheryl strayed and it left

a deep impression on me.

cheryl's mom died at 45 and it left her lost. so lost that she

literally threw her life away. she was headed on a collision

course until she picked up a brochure about hiking the

pacific coast trail and on a crazy, desperate whim decided to do it.

 

alone.

 

1100 death defying miles~ all alone.

those 1100 miles changed her and helped her reclaim her life.

growing up without my mom was hard in a way no one who hasn't lived it

could ever understand. i understood some of what cheryl felt and i loved her book.

today when i am outdoors, i will think of her and what she accomplished on that hike

and i will be thankful to her for writing the words in her book that

moved me so.

 

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today is a be-YOU-tiful day

i feel blessed and happy

and kind of like crying.
(i cry almost every day, not because i'm sad, but because life is
short and  oh-so beautiful)

 

life is good my friends-

soak it up.

 

i hope you have some time today to

go to your happy place, whether it be listening to a song

on your ipod, a walk kickin' leaves

or a meal around a table

shared with people

who love you.

 

 

xo,

beth