I Appreciate You

This old gal…

Impersonated a hiker today…had the walking shoes…backpack…water…all those items you need…to look like you’ve got what it takes to tackle the trek…

The trail was short…a mile up…loop around…a mile back…the view was spectacular…the weather perfect…

But it didn’t take long for this fake hiker to fake like it…so...many…rocks…and roots…and unmarked paths…and paths that weren’t paths…

And the obscure loop…that never materialized…we just kept walking…and walking…up...this old gal wanted that loop…to loop her back…down..
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Other hikers…also Newbies…also loop less…this husband of mine…not giving up…walking little deer paths thinking he’d struck gold...

Accepting defeat…fake hiker me declared…that loop or no loop…she was done…and then there it was…tucked in a rock…in the middle of nowhere…a note…folded like those secret notes once passed in Jr. High…

Fake hiker me rescued it…and read it…those words…those kind words that someone wrote for someone else…words we need to say to our people every day…

Put a spring in the old step and a real smile on the face…as we headed down…and wrapped up one more grand adventure…

And this husband of mine….agrees...