The kids and I are traveling and it is one of my favorite thing to do with them......they re wonderful travel companions.......easy going and great travelers.....and spending time in our party of 3, and having adventures is one of the things I have found in my new life that just absolutely fills me up... and lights me up, and I love it.....We have really made travel more of a priority over the last few years, and have gotten to go to quite a few places, and do some really cool things...and I am so grateful for that! This week is Acadia with my parents. I am excited to travel with them too! We had a lovely dinner last night in Massachusetts, and slept here last night....and we are heading to Bar Harbor Maine today. I am so excited to hike such a beautiful place and see all there is to see.....And I know that this part of my life will not be forever....which makes my heart hurt just thinking of it.....when my kids are grown, and when Mads is on her own.....and they are not my people in the same way as they are right now.....as I type this we are in the hotel room, and they are eating cereal and hanging with their mom.....so I am soaking up this part of the journey, every single bit of it....every last drop of goodness and fun....and the three musketeers energy we have......I have a few more adventures up my sleeve....some weekend ones....but this is our vacation of the summer..... My dad has been lots of cool places and he loves Bar Harbor and said it is so beautiful.....and I am excited to see what we do there.....there is a security in being with my kids that I cannot really describe....like a puzzle that fits...and brings me such peace....they are my favorite people to hang out with, and I miss them so much when they are not home and with their dad, so I am aware of the finite nature of this phase of our lives, and I don't plan on taking any of it for granted.....not one minute.....being intentional about the time we get to spend in our current cocoon, and in this part of our lives....I guess it really just hit me....we don't always think about the landscape of our lives....and we tend to think that the moments we are in now will last forever....when that just isn't so......life is fluid and changes, and ebbs and flows....and cycles.....So for today, and in this moment that awareness has found me, and my plan is to savor this adventure with all of my favorite people! Being present and soaking up all the goodness found in this week! Happy Monday:)
jperuso
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