All I feel today is the overwhelm of being endlessly crummy most of the time, being brave and putting a smile on my face. Some days are better than others. The weather outside now is dreary and rainy but I was up at 5:30 AM and out the door at 6:05 to deliver my parents to the airport by 6:30 AM on their return trip to Florida. They'll be back in 2 1/2 weeks for Christmas. I'm envious of the fact they have more energy than me and they're in their 80's! Go figure!
At 6 AM it was mild with no rain. Despite how I feel, I finally make the trip to visit my girlfriend in Gloucester who's moving. We took a long walk along a magical trail linking the older mansions of the back shore. There were boulders of enormous size strewn about a winding solitary path someone blazed long ago. It was a peek into a magical pocket of nature left undeveloped after the glaciers retreated to the Atlantic. It was an unexpectedly healthy walk in a place I have never been before. The shushing sound of walking through dried leaves accompanied us at various points as we wound our way through a thicket of bare bushes, then a glen of trees, carefully side-stepping a patch of wetlands. Who doesn't love the sound of kicking piles of leaves?
By 10:30 we'd gone out to breakfast at a place called The Two Sisters and I was on my way back home. Normally this would be "calling it a day" for me. My body is not used to watching the sunrise and all this early morning activity.
Nature nurtures. Nurturing is natural.
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