I knew staying in Twin Falls would make the day longer. A couple of hours longer. I did not know how long or how far.
I must say I was pretty impressed that we had driven all but 110 of that distance since leaving at 10:00 am.
Granted we did not leave Twin until about 11:30.
Car needed to be washed, we needed gas, MEB needed boots. Cowboy boots and we knew we were headed back to the City.
What more can I say. We were avoiding the inevitable.
I don't think I can express in words how fabtabulous the journey was. It was important to disconnect and really hit re-set for us. It was necessary to reshape our relationship, our reality and to do so in the vastness of this country. We were rushed, but not really. Whenever we stopped at a planned or unplanned destination, we were not rushed. We did not leave before it was time. We stayed focused on the event. We waited for things, we observed, we soaked it all in and only then moved on to the next thing.
Cancer has given us the ability to focus on the NOW. Not next week or the upcoming anything. We are just able to be here, now.
Time is a gift. A gift we often squander. A gift we waste with alacrity. We are a fast, rushing people. We are too busy doing too many things at a time. We have lost our ability to just "be" with each other and connect.
While we didn't want to leave Twin Falls we knew what was waiting for us at home. Dogs, people, gardens, job applications, on-line college courses, but more importantly our friends and family.
We drove in the dark, we slept in our own beds.
We are glad to be back and have created enough memories to push Cancer Part Two... to a more manageable place in the memory banks.
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