Quote of the Day: “The most beautiful things in life cannot be seen and touched, they must be felt by the heart”. Helen Keller
Alex, Joe and I got to the Tetons this afternoon. There is a place where you turn a bend just outside of Jackson and you spot this incredible mountain range for the first time and it always takes my breath away. It sounds so crazy but you really have to visit them and see what I mean. We have been going up to the Tetons almost every summer since I was pregnant with Alex, August 1985- (we missed one or two years). The mountains never disappoint- they were just like I had remembered them but better and like old friends, my heart was moved when I saw them. I felt like pouring out my soul and saying “Look what’s happened to me since I last was here.” This quote from John Muir describes so eloquently how I feel about the Teton mountain range. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”
I do a lot of healing when I am surrounded by nature and this year in Grand Teton National Park was no different. The worries of every day life are pushed to the background and days become for fun. How I ache for the carefree days when I wasn’t thinking continually of the future and my survival.
Lynne, Tess and my Mom, Janet, joined us later that evening. Traveling was hard for Lynne- they made her a bed in the back. They will leave the Tetons and then travel home to Klamath Falls on Monday. My Mom is joining them because she and Lynne were to play in a golf tournament next week. That won’t happen as Lynne is too weak. Lynne is a good sport to try to make the best of it. She goes on the boat for a little but the movement is just too hard on her. She musters her strength to have her picture taken at Colter Bay Marina.
On Monday, they get up in the morning to travel to Boise and make their stop there for a night before heading home. Joe anoints Lynne’s head and gives her a beautiful, comforting blessing while my Mom and I listen and weep. I don’t know if this will be the last time I see Lynne but I will always remember her here surrounded by these mountains.
Joanie, Tess, Lynne, Janet @ Colter Bay Marina
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