Dark and Stormy Seas

Each morning, I awake to the sight of the rolling sea over the dune out my bedroom window. This morning's seas are dark grey, stormy, choppy, and white-capped. We shall see what the day brings. Hopefully, the seas will not be indicative of the day ahead.

I remember canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on lakes that looked much like the Monterey Bay looks today. Not an easy task! I am already preparing myself, bracing myself, if you will, for a sad or stressful day today.

I've been thinking about my mother a lot lately. I miss her so very much. Thankfully, I have never experienced anything like the raw, uncompromising anguish that is this loss. I know that she was ready to go. But are we ever ready to lose those we love? I think not...

Wish me well as I face the turbulent tide, with its mighty ebbs and flows...