Getting lost

If you know me very well, you know it doesn’t take much for me to get lost.  This time is different than the previous times.   This time I am choosing to get lost…

Yesterday morning I excitedly ventured off to go for a hike on a nearby trail system that includes horse trails and lots of tall grasses and weeds.  In the past while trekking through this area I would return home covered in ticks and chigger bites.  

Today, I am testing out my insect shield treated clothing…using no additional bug spray for protection.   Let’s see if this stuff works!!  

Surprisingly I’m not even nervous- I feel very confident in this company’s bug treatment.  I am wearing tall socks tucked under the cuffs of my lightweight hiking pants.  Both items treated with Permethrin.  

Today I decide to let Oaks lead the way.  Wherever his nose directs us, I will follow.  It was a really fun journey getting lost together!  

After over an hour of wandering, I get a phone call from Jayce asking when we’ll be home to make breakfast as promised, because he’s getting hungry… that’s when I realize… I’m lost.  We are on a horse trail somewhere and all I see is a field on one side of me and a forest area on the other side.  

This reminds me of those moments in life where there is no plan…where we get so engrossed in the moment we get ‘lost’.  I love and cherish these moments for the freedom that accompanies it.  

C’mon, let’s get off the radar and get lost together!