FreSh AiR ThEraPy
The truth is. I never wanted to move to Houston.
Ya, I don’t know how to sugar coat things.. Like it’s a thing. I have to actively attempt to filter my thoughts. Anyway, the truth is I didn’t want to move here.
I was born in Colorado and moved to Texas when i was a kiddo. I grew up in a small town south of Austin, and Kyle the same. When he told me a year before we were to get married that we had to strongly consider moving to Houston, the words “NOT ON BOARD” are an understatement. Fast forward 4 and a half years and here we are in Montgomery, a smaller town north of Houston.
Anyone who knows me knows that if I had it my way I’d be clouds deep in the mountains. Life for the time being has Kyle and I in Montgomery, Tx. though and while we hope that one day the mountains could happen, for this season of our lives, we are here.
Quarantine, no quarantine, virus, no virus, work, no work. I crave the outdoors regardless. We’ve traveled to places and the list is still long of things we long to see.
Things are still very much a fluid situation in this world.
On Sunday we took the freedom panels off the Jeep and started a back road drive to The Sam Houston National Forest. We have lived in the Houston area for 4 years and SuNdaY was the first time we ventured out this way. It, as i expected, was good for my soul and head space!
I started to ask myself though? How have we lived here for that long and not come here? How is this little piece of outdoor heaven with a glimpses of lake Conroe and pines, in our back yard and we have yet to venture?
It also made me realize that although this might not be where we hope to be forever, there’s a lot of really great places we still need to venture to.
It was a good morning. A good day. To breathe in all the fresh air. To hear the crackle of pine needles under our feet. To see SaDeS roam with such wonder. It was good. For a moment on Sunday, I let go of what I can not change/control, and allowed my heads pace to soak up the small piece of earth and pine it needed to move forward.
My life, career, head space, relationships, are no different. It’s finding places like Sam Houston National Forrest that keep me sane. A National Forest isn’t everyone’s smile, but whatever it is, just do that. Breathe, put one foot forward, get outside, and try to enjoy the day.
