An adventure

Going outside breathing in that air and feeling amazing. Who loves to adventure? I sure do I'm going to take you back a few now. I was living in an apartment with my 2 sisters and mother. Outside in Rockton, Il was the most favorable time of my life! I would take walks down to the rock river and look at all the beautiful trees and tomb stones. Yes, this was a gravesite I would go to daily and pray for the families who have lost a loved one. I did this daily looked at many tombstones and seen how old some of them are. Many prayers I didn't mind I felt joy in doing that. After praying I would go walk down a dusty path of gravel and sand leading to the dam at the rock river. I seen so many animals and insects that filled the area, making my way to the dam people would be fishing carp. Catch and releases the area around the dam was covered in forested areas and was beyond beautiful.

I would go there to have picnics with my bf at the time and my sister, we would take our shoes off and splash around in the water. I felt so free and full of joy! There was a time when I was visiting again in late spring. To my surprise there was dragonflies all over the dam I would sit there and watch them fly around and find mates. A few times they landed on my feet and would fly around again. Stunning blue and green dragonflies to see so close in nature. I was beyond fascinated and smiling so much my face would hurt. The sun would be shining through the forest and seemed so magical. I hope you can see it I really wish you were there to experience this joy.

Another time in late spring after a storm had passed through there was a baby tree that was struck by lightning and was split in half. I felt for the tree I felt so much that I took part of my old ragged shirt and tore off a strip. I then wrapped it around the tree and kissed it hoping it would heal. To my amazement a few months later when I went to visit that tree again I was joyed that it had fully healed with my strip of shirt still tied around it. The tree had grown quite taller and thicker then I had remembered, the tree still had a scar down the middle of it.

Since I moved away from that area I still wonder how that tree is doing, yeah I know I'm funny like that. Tree hugger kind of person, people are probably laughing at that. That's okay I only wish you knew what it was like to feel that kind of joy. I hope this story from my past made you smile or gave you some imagination.