The other day I described time as “slippery”. Here it is, my last full day in Colorado. This has been a wonderful summer full of grand adventures. And for the first time since I was a kid, summer stretched out in front of me in an endless stream of sun filled days. This feels like the longest summer of my life. I think that is because I was looking forward to exploring a new relationship and the time couldn’t pass fast enough to get back to West Virginia. Now that the possibility of a pending relationship has been removed, it has caused me to pause and think about how our thoughts can change the perception of time.

Sometimes years pass in a heartbeat. Other times three months is an eternity. Time doesn’t always pass more quickly the older you get. I know elderly people who sit staring down the abyss just waiting to die and they think death will never get there soon enough. I don’t want to be that woman. Time has become an extremely valuable commodity. I want to grasp time in both hands and squeeze. I want to bathe in it and get drunk by it’s richness. I want every adventure I’ve ever dreamed of, and some that surprise me…taking my breath away with their beauty. I used to think I had all the time in the world. I don’t. So, tomorrow I hit the road again for another Grand Adventure…this time to Deadwood, SD with a bunch of wild women in tutus and cowboy boots! How fun is that? THAT is a good way to spend some time!

❤️

“You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.”

Psalm 39:5