Musings from a hike

I was taking a hike after work today and was thinking about my recent visit back east...I agonized , pondered about whether I should go, I went back and forth about going, until I just finally decided to just GO... and hope that people understood if I couldn't see them individually, or spend alot of time with them... I realized that I was going back to a place where I had friends and family and they would understand my time constraints and really if they wanted to see me individually, they could come to visit me in Boulder... lol... I had a wonderful time... and here is what I realized on my hike... I have people in my life that love me.. and when you have people that love you... it gives you the courage or strength to go off on your own... that is what I wish for for my own children... that they will have the strength, courage, to stand ... That they will create their own lives, they can be happy and secure, knowing they have so much love and support that they can try anything...Well that is my wish anyway for them... So maybe I've learned this late in my life... but I was busy or distracted by other things... and going to visit, reminded me that I am blessed with many, many people in my life that love me...When I was so wounded, they helped me rebuild, and like the launching of a child, I have been able to take this step...