Life is short. Too many times dreams just fade away because we become too comfortable, or fearful the unknown, or lack the fortitude to make it happen? I've been there. This blog is the journal of my ongoing Alaskan adventures.
Monday, June 16, 2008
How About an Adventure
How did the concept of a northbound adventure start? Years ago Rick and I fantasized about leaving everything and heading up to Hudson Bay for a year of solitude and adventure. It would be a chance for us to reconnect with the simpler life we once relished. Rick could write his memoirs. He is quite the storyteller and has many vivid recollections of past experiences that seem to entertain and astound listeners.
To me the the concept sounded as a type of vision quest and adventure. In the back of my mind, I always thought that after ten years of teaching a person should take a year to themselves to recharge and reflect. Last school year was my eleventh year of teaching. The tenth year has passed, and I resigned myself to the reality that leaving for a year was just a pipe dream; another one of my big ideas.
Then a couple years ago, our daughter, Sarah, her husband, Jesse and kids, Auden and Brahm moved up to Alaska. We had visited a couple times, but being so far away when the kids were so much fun was unbearable. Rick loved Alaska. I loved being with the kids. I had a flashback. It wasn't Hudson Bay. It was better.
The dream was not only still alive; it was reinforced with internal and external pushes and pulls. Before Rick knew what was happening, I had taken the plunge into the land of "what ifs" and exploring ways to turn a grandiose dream into a reality. The adventure had already begun.
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Precious Moments
- The giggling of toddlers when it's suppose to be naptime
- Watching my baby cuddle her baby
- Feeling a hug so tight from little arms that hate to see you go.
- A tabu belly laugh over Auden's dramatic reaction to well deserved disciplined. (My inability to contain myself leads to a self-imposed timeout to the pantry.)
- Watching a two year old kiss a salmon.
- Being privy to Auden's first casting practice aided by Buzz, the kitty.
- The prideful sharing of going "poopie in the pottie".
- A great meal of Bison preparded together.
- Listening to the China Poot survival story as told by survivors Rick and Sarah.
- Sitting on a rock on the shore of the Kachemak Bay watching the ebb and flow of the ocean.
- Catching of glimpse of tender moments between Sarah and Jesse.
More Precious Moments
- Getting busted by a two year old
- Watchiing a child's refine the art of walking
- Partaking in a child's first pony ride
- Getting a rebuilt computer from Ebay for $234
- Taking a mud bath plunge without dumping the toddler
2 comments:
I love reading about your adventures in Alaska. You need more photos, so I can feeel like I'm there too. Sounds like you are having fun, even if there are some frustrations. Keep up the blog. Kristi
Thanks for the wonderful photos, Terry. Do you have a regular email address? Kristi
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