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Paula made sure I had a lot of fun surrounding the Herron Island quest. She picked me up from the airport in Seattle, and headed for the Market Place.
Remember, Hoover teachers, when we saw the inspirational Pike Place Fish Company videos to show us […] You all know that I have been connecting with my father’s spirit for the last 10 days. You know I was 27 years old when I lost my father. Tonight I had dinner with my 28-year-old son to celebrate his birthday, and I am so grateful to be in this time and place with him. […]
The ground was damp after the rain storm the night before. Dallas dropped me off and said he’d return for me later. I took a lawn chair down to the oak tree sisters and just sat down to see what I could see and hear what I could hear. I […] In the late afternoon, Steve came by and picked us up and took us back to the Madrona cabin. As we pulled onto the lot, my senses went into overdrive, remembering…and also anticipating what it would be like to walk in the front door after 30 years…and without my father present. July 24th, 2012 | Category: Family, Squinting Through the Travel Lens | Comments are closed They say that memories can be awakened by sensory stimulation. A smell or a touch or a sound or a taste can bring back a memory that may have been buried under years of living. Rounding the bend at the end of Herron Road and seeing this ferry landing held the first emotion of the […] What would it be like to go on vacation…say from San Diego to Bremerton, Washington…thinking you were just going on the same vacation up to Herron Island in the Puget Sound (www.herronisland.org) that you had gone on many times before, but this time you never returned to your family again? That’s what happened to my […] Five-year-old little girls like lots of things. My granddaughter turned five yesterday. She still loves all things princess, but with her age has come diversity…thank goodness. The new princess movie, Brave gives little girls something to aspire to besides a prince to sweep her off her feet and make google eyes […] |
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