Well, here we are…the end of summer vacation. I have one more week in Colorado and I’m spending it off in the mountains. Some time will be spent with family and friends who are dear to me. Some will be spent on my own, way up high, where I can breathe and shed some more layers before I head east next week. This phase of grieving is much like wearing a lot of layers of clothes. When you aren’t doing anything, they seem comfortable and warm. But when you get out there and start moving around, they begin to feel constricting and uncomfortable. And you can’t shed a layer of grief as easily as you can a jacket. There’s some effort involved. That’s when I go off by myself and let stuff go. And, the letting go of these layers isn’t painful like it used to be. Now it’s more like doing some housekeeping and getting things in order. Just checking in to see how I’m doing and where I’m at. Recharging the batteries is good for the soul!

❤️

“No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

Exodus 34:3