Finally in 2025, we all got to visit Sperry Chalet together. It felt like a now-or-never proposition at this stage in our family’s life. Travel is not hereditary. Nor is family travel hereditary. i’ve never owned a new car. Saving money on car payments is my lifestyle choice.
Family epiphany?
Yes.
Life is hard.
Life is challenging.
Life is glorious.
Life is scary.
Life is your main job.
Forgiveness, patience, kindness, surrender, peace…these things are not genetically hereditary.
If your family has always had these traits as a family foundation, one family member isn’t mandated to live that way.
Conversely, if your family is tense, anxious, grudge-filled, resentful, impatient, one family member can break free and make their own emotional-lifestyle choices.
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Our bicycle honeymoon included several days using Ferries to island-hop in Washington’s Puget Sound. A rustic campground dinner. Using a fallen log as our chairs. A stump for a cooking table. Our tent behind us. To get us both in the photo, had to use a self-timer. Camera probably sitting on another stump.
One day it will.
Will what?
One day will come.
And it reminds me of a Garth Brooks song…
If Tomorrow Never Comes (wikipedia’s song summary). By the way, Garth calls this his signature song. It was his first hit single off his 1989 debut album. In 1991, it earned Country Music’s “Single of the Year” honors.
Chapin, on this day, April 11, 2026, if tomorrow never comes, you absolutely need to know this…
This song is one of my all-time favorite love songs. It has guided me since 1989 with a simple mantra to remind me how lucky i am to love and be loved by Mom and You. You can listen to the You Tube “live” version here.
Years ago Garth took his music off all the music streaming platforms. He opted to sell his music directly to listeners. No middle-person. That’s why this one You Tube clip is so special.
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Starting with the ‘headliner’, a tiny, wild daisy.
Lower right corner: Added my chapstick tube for location and size context.
More context. Easy to see closeup at ground level when that’s what you’re specifically looking for, and you already know it’s there.
Literally impossible to see, especially if you aren’t even remotely trying to spot one. But i saw it somehow. If you zoom in on the right sidewalk edge, near the photo’s middle…
i tell Cheryl, “If i had a daisy for every time i thought of you, i could walk through a field of daisies forever.”
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