My dear Husband turned 29 this past week. I am exactly 354 days older than him. (He likes Older Women ;) We get to share the same age for a good 11 days! I wanted to take him to do something fun and new for his birthday. Something we had never done before and something that seemed adventurous. After all, his birthday only comes once a year and I wanted it to be memorable. We decided to strap on our snowshoes (which we borrowed from our ever so wonderful family member's and neighbors) and take a hike in one of the canyons. The drive up the canyon was beautiful. The weather cooperated nicely, even though we had been hearing rumors of snow fall the previous days. I was surprised at how easy the snow shoes were to move in. I was worried I was going to need some extra coordination skilz that my legs really don't possesses, but it worked out fine. (K- I may have fallen once into a bush while trying to cross a small creek, but it was only once and I was completely fine after that!) It was breathtaking to see the mountains and the canyon up close in the winter time. Everything seemed so crisp, so clean, so calm. I noticed that I would get distracted watching my snowshoes and concentrating on the ground so much to see where I was going that I would at times forget to look up and see the beautiful journey I was on. It was like a life lesson in bold right there for me! I had a small "lightbulb" moment on that hike. How many times in my life am I looking down, so focused on putting my one foot in front of the other, making sure the ground is still there so that I don't trip that I forget to look up and see the beauty all around me. This journey of life that God has set before me is filled with miracles and awe inspiring settings just like the mountains and canyons he so graciously has blessed me with to enjoy, and here I am looking down!!! I would stop every now and again just to look up, to take it in, to breath... and mostly to enjoy the companionship of my dear husband who walked beside me, sometimes behind me, sometimes in front of me.... but always close enough that I felt I was with him. It was definitely a special, memorable day for me. I am hoping it was the same for him. I vowed that day to look up more. To enjoy more. To appreciate more. To breath deep more..... and to make sure I spend plenty of time with that man that God placed on my path. Here's to being 29! at least for a few more days.....
I love this post. Thanks for sharing the life lesson.
ReplyDeleteThat was a great post....you express yourself very well. We will have to try snow shoeing.
ReplyDeleteI had a similar experience last summer when Tim and I hiked in to a mountain lake to go fishing. I am so clumsy that I was watching my feet the whole time too, but every time we would stop to rest I would look around and be absolutely amazed. And don't feel bad, I fell down and sprained my ankle. Luckily Tim knows me well enough that he had packed an Ace bandage and medical tape!
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