Thanksgiving [not turkey day]

Thanksgiving was fun!! Maybe amazing even, considering I was in a new place with no family but new relationships to substitute. I'm always in for meeting new people and having purposeful friendships but it's a hard thing to accomplish, especially the former part while being a nanny. Anyway, I went out of town, north of Spokane to the mountains and woods and lakes and it was my piece of peace. I spent the day with a family and some international students. We did some mild hiking which was more about getting out of the house than getting a good view. Honestly it was damp, the trees were bare, and the fog frozen across the horizon. I did manage to cross my first frozen lake, but it looked more like a pond.

The snow came after Thanksgiving day. Going walking alone out there was probably just short of heaven. I've hardly been in snowy places, particularly apart from cities and suburban sprawls. The snow really does silence everything, and things are more serene. Somehow that quiet feeling of solitude didn't leave me feeling lost or fearful, but perfectly placed. Okay, so now I'm rambling, still inarticulately arguing my point. I wish I had the most amazing camera to express where words cannot, but I left my camera at home. As of late, part of the reason I gallivant without my camera is because I believe in the beauty of nature as it exists, not as my amateur digital camera presents it. Somehow it ruins the whole memory for me.

"For his unfailing love towards those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth." Psalm 103:11

That is something I read today that I particularly enjoyed in my current state of mind and emotion. It's nice all of a sudden have a burst of joy, love, comfort, basically a bunch of mushiness, just come up and out towards you when you hardly expect it.


Back up plans in life:
move to Canada
teach ESL in Asia