For Pa   

So I’m in Montana to visit family and friends.    I can feel my Pa smiling.    As I’ve mentioned,  He doesn’t  think to highly of Washington or the Sea.  But Montana,  now he’s smiling!  When I’m over there I can almost feel him frowning at me, or at least rolling his eyes.   When I’m hiking over there I still look for dead standing trees so he can cut em down for firewood!   lol. 

Sitting at his resting place I could feel him urging me to get up and go for a hike, visit family,  and just breath.  

So many chapters to go through in our lives.   I’ve found that if I keep going through them and don’t get stuck or lost in grief, memories good and bad, I can even visit places that would otherwise paralyze me.   And something I learned the hard way over the years and as a cop is that stuffing stuff down doesn’t work.  Still jumps up and gets you eventually.   Facing those demons makes life feel so  much lighter and enjoyable.  

So just go get it done, life is waiting.  

Wishing you fair winds and following seas.     

Jeff

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