My 54th birthday. It is 10:15 p.m. I went in search of a journal but didn’t have on here at the Beach Club Resort in Parksville. We won this exquisite room in a silen t auction from Pass/Woodwinds school and it is the most beautiful suite I have every stayed in. I am reluctant to go to bed. I am here for only a few short hours and I have no permanent bed again for a while.
Aleydabeth sails tomorrow in just a few short hours – 5 a.m.- for San Francisco and points south. I will meet her in California. Lyle sleeps in the stateroom and I sit by the fire after a shared bottle of good wine given to us by Ed and Norberta, and a view to the coast. My workplace was loving and and I had a happy birthday with greeting from Ken, Dwight, Mom, doneen, Monica, Deb and messages left by my kids.
I consider what I am feeling..excited, scared, apprehensive glad..amazed to be part of such a grand scheme and for this I thank my adventurous mate. I have watched the rest of the world regard me, these last few weeks with awe and wonder- and say “wow how great are you..” and I think “me?” What have I don that is so great..and I realize that I would never be here without my man. I salute your vision and bravado and your push..to include me. Thanks. Now I recognize through my reflection that I am empowered to choose my destiny too. I will join and leave as I please. This is my journey too albeit different. And so it begins……