I went running tonight. To one of my very favorite places. It is an amazing park. Breathtaking. It is a place my hubby introduced me to last fall. And what a gift it has been. We went there a lot last fall. It was one place I felt refreshed, free, safe as the postpartum depression and anxiety ravaged my mind and heart. Hubby joked if I ever disappeared that’s where he would look for me. He would be right.
It was a true joy to be there tonight, running physically, but not running from myself. As fall hit over the last few weeks, I have struggled with some of the crushing feelings of last year coming back. But thankfully, it has lightened the last week. Tonight I just got to soak in the feel of running in a beautiful place. At one point I was just feet from a deer that I startled; I got to see it sprint away from me.
Thank you Lord for the gifts of the beautiful weather, lovely colored leaves, being able to run, soaking it all in.
What is your healing place, where can you go to enjoy some moments of peace and quiet, places of beauty?
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