46
A year of change, road trips, shared meals, and learning to be present. From Yukon highways to meditation cushions, this is what 46 taught me about showing up.
My daughter called me from her mom’s tonight. She was upset because she had fallen out of a hammock and her back was sore, but the larger concern was that she would be last in the line up a hill for a sunset hike. I had to remind her that it doesn’t matter where you are in the line, as long as you keep moving forward you’re going to reach the same destination as everyone else and have the same overall experience. When she messaged me afterwards and I asked how the hike went, she said it
Thoughts on truth in life.
Do the task; do not delay.
Write more regularly and write for myself.
Having a day. Just another one of those days.
What a perfect day in the Okanagan. Over 30, clear skies. Zero complaints.
Starting to heat up in #Kelowna once more.
What I love about Canada is we can all choose whether to watch or not watch the Raptors game tonight; I can also say you would be a fool not to watch the game tonight. #WeTheNorth
Outrage of the day: my mom agreed to trade Park Place to my daughter for a Get Out Of Jail Free card and $20 giving her a monopoly!
“Old Navy doesn’t have anything cute,” she said, when I suggested we go take a look. 30 mins later, with a bag of items in tow: “I’m obsessed with this jumper! It’s so cuuuute!”
My personal experience with getting a tattoo with Marru from Inkroom in Kelowna.
A concept from Buddhism that was introduced to me by Chogyam Trungpa in his book, Shambhala.
Every year, I sit down to write out some goals that I’d like to achieve in the coming year; the following year, when I go back and read over some of those goals I had for myself, I almost never achieve any of them
An update from Kylie.
The annual writing about the past year for my daughter.