Day 3,548

Growth:

Once we have the bare minimum we need for survival, always bet on experiences over stuff, every time, no question. The number of times we spoke of shared and individual experiences over the past week has dwarfed the seemingly zero conversation about stuff we have bought. Experiences create joy, stuff creates a fear of loss and an ongoing sense of needing more.

Appreciation:

While hiking today the boys started making plans for their own Colorado adventure for next summer with a couple of their friends. Approximately 3 of the 4+ miles were spent conspiring on the duration, specific mountains, costs of campsites, and so on.

For sure, a part of me longs to join them on the adventure, but I know that they need to take on experiences like this without the old man tagging along. While I’ll miss going with them my heart is so much more full of joy for the memories they will create together and for the fact that they see this as something they want to do. I’m over the moon happy for them and feel like part of our parenting has helped lead them in this direction.

So thankful for all the experiences and adventures they will have together!

Presence:

Nothing like taking a short and relatively unknown hike, turning a corner, and suddenly staring at a 500’ tall dam! The hike we took also included an awesome mixing point of two rivers, one dirty from the turbidity and the other pristinely blue. A pretty sweet surprise hike!

Thanks!!!