Your first hike...

So we went on our first hike together when we had some company in from out of town. I wore you in the Moby Wrap and was worried you would get too hot and I'd have to pull you out and just carry you over my shoulder. However, you just loved the walking momentum and then you began to look around and pay attention. I was so thrilled for you to smell Pisgah. It has this very amazing smell that I've always loved and isn't replicated anywhere else. So we drove up on the Parkway and went to Devil's Courthouse. The first time I was there I was 15. "Long before you were a glimmer in my eye". It was one place, among many, that sang to my heart and told me I belong here in these mountains. It felt so right having you up there. My footsteps treading the same path as so long ago yet with my son. How amazing. I'm sure over time you and I will do that same hike, many times. What conversations will we have on the journey? Will you sit up there and contemplate the greatness of the world, as I do? Will your heart be struck with such happiness? I say so many prayers for you, wherever we go Haydin. Saying prayers from that height makes them feel closer to the source in a way.