Ingrid and I were at Deception Pass today spending time with the Ethanator, his sister Emily and their wonderful parents Selena and Frank (Ingrid’s brother).
I know I’ve said this about other places, but the 2-hour drive south of Vancouver on the 1-5 and then west towards Anacortes and then to Whidbey Island and Deception Pass is worth every minute. If you get a chance go. Better yet, make yourself a chance…and then go!
The State Park there is incredible and many Canadians and Americans spend some great time camping or simply enjoying the fresh water lake and the ocean on the other side of the sand spit.
We’ve spent a bunch of time down there over the years most notably with Max and Chris.
I’ve loaded a picture up of Chris getting repairs after slipping off a log during a fort building exercise on the beach when he was a young buck. Nurse Ingrid is administering the first aid.
Today we were in that exact spot. Sitting on that exact beach. Kids had built a fort with the exact bunch of logs that have been there for years if not decades. Ethan showed me the fort and we built a sand castle together and then just watched the waves and tide do their thing all afternoon eventually washing our sand castle into the ocean leaving us with great memories and the possibility of building new sand castles tomorrow when the tide goes out again.
It was old normal meets new normal. The ‘deception’ is (besides the tie to Deception Pass and my ongoing need to fuel my insatiable pun appetite) is that the New Normal may look easy. It might look easy but of course it isn’t.
While we were on the beach I received a message via Blackberry about a comment on the Blog. Please read it in the comment section below. It’s from someone I don’t know, but Karen has been sharing this journey and been on her own journey for 10 years since her husband passed away. As both Karen and ourselves have experienced, the new normal isn’t easy and sometimes I don’t like it much as I’ve indicated several times in this blog!
That being said, I’m more convinced than ever that the new normal is what I want to continue to strive for, knowing that it may look deceptively simple at times but isn’t, and will continue to be a series of decisions on a daily basis for 10 years and more!
We’re standing with you too Karen. God Bless.
Be The Best. 