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Sunday, 01 February 2009 21:16 |
 I have been living in Oregon for 9 years and the beauty still never ceases to amaze me. I took our newly adopted dog, Lola, for a walk up my street the other day which leads up into the mountain. This is no lightweight walk. It is a 3 hour round trip walk that is consistently at an incline on the way up. I was reminded how accessible beauty is for me and I was flooded with gratitude. I used to walk my dog Stella up our road with me regularly. Since she died, I just could not bring myself to go up there again. Losing her left a huge void for a long time. I took her everywhere with me. Now, nearly 2 years have passed and I finally mustered the courage to face my feelings. All in all, Lola and I did great and I was surprised by the comfort I felt as opposed to the grief that I was expecting.
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