I'm at our family lake house with my family. It's so nice to be out in nature here. It's such a wonderful retreat from the city and I don't come out here enough. In June, I'm going on a solo writing retreat to this place. I need uninterrupted time to work on my next book.
We left Seattle at around 7:30pm on Friday, after my husband's last yoga class. We drove downtown to the ferry terminal and learned that we just missed the 7:55 ferry. We watched it leave the dock and head out into the foggy, dark night. The next ferry wouldn't leave until 9pm. Not to fret. We had snacks and good books to read, so we headed into the terminal and plopped ourselves down.
Before long, the next ferry had arrived and we were out on open waters. It was so quiet on that night ferry and I was reading a very good book called The Intuitive Way, by Penney Peirce. It's my workbook for the next year as I delve deeper into operating completely from a place of intuition, which has always been the best place for me to operate from. Everything great in my life has come from listening to my inner callings and bringing those to life.
It was a mystical evening aboard the ship out on the foggy sea. My husband wandered off to get a coffee. It was an hour from Seattle to Bremerton where we would dock and then drive another 40 minutes or so out to the lake.
When we finally arrived, we wandered into the main cabin and I was so happy to see all my family there on the sofa chatting. They got up and gave us hugs. My nephews were already asleep. We chatted for a good half an hour about our lives and funny traveling stories and then Yoon and I wandered over to our little cabin and had a very sound sleep.
The next morning, we had breakfast at the main house and then we all took a walk around the lake together.
Even my nephews were good sports on the walk. I'm happy to be out here with everyone. It's been a very long time and we don't get together enough. We will all meet again for lunch in a bit and celebrate my sister's birthday!
Do you get together with family often? How do you spend the time together?
I'm glad you've got the opportunity to spend time with your family in such a peaceful, natural place. I have a large extended family, but I don't see them as often as I'd like. It's good to connect sometimes.
ReplyDeleteOur grandchildren are with us for four days again this week. Last night we took them out for supper and their Auntie Margie came along, too. Later today, the whole family will be together, when we celebrate our daughter-in-law's birthday. Much fun all together.
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My extended family is very small, my husband's very large. We keep in touch mostly online. I remember family gatherings when I was younger, but it seems times have changed that way.
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