family hike

My mother is visiting from North Carolina, so I thought we'd do a hike that's been on my list for a year.  Ebey's Landing on Whidbey Island.  It was gorgeous!  Totally worth it, to me.  For mom... a little too strenuous and brisk.  I'm sympathetic.  I find that much of my life, these days, is a little too strenuous and brisk.  My days are exhausting and I experience physical and emotional pain regularly.  But on this hike - I felt free.  Little N and I took the lead on a narrow, muddy trail along the bluff and down to the ocean.  The views were bright and expansive.  The air was fresh and blustery.  The sun and sea gleamed.  Sigh.