Throwback Thursday

I have been struggling a little to find my footing with this blog.  Writing every day seems cumbersome...for reader and writer.  But, when I don't post anything, those who have been used to at least a photo every day feel neglected.  So, I finally decided today that I will put a photo up every day...but if I don't have anything meaningful to say I will leave it at that.

Those of you with an iphone and an instagram account have heard of Throwback Thursday...which is basically a photo that is a blast from the past.  So, I thought I would follow along with that theme for today.  This is me and my first boat...umm... I mean car.   I must be early 20's here.  So funny, I almost didn't recognize me when I first unearthed this relic.

I can't even remember that girl.  She seems so long ago and far away.  I think she was hopeful about the future, just beginning to feel independent as if the the world was her oyster. She was idealistic, trusting. sensitive, unsure.  Life didn't turn out as she had planned, in some ways, but in others...she wouldn't trade a thing.  In some ways, now I feel like I have reconnected with her spirit.  I think there are times that I have felt weighed down by life, and I really didn't enjoy it as I should.  There are certainly so many things that go wrong...that it is hard to focus on all that is right.

I raise a glass to her and all she has ahead of her...and I raise a glass to me...and all I have ahead of me.  To Life!!

" I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see."

~John Burroughs