Trails & Undying Love (A to Z Challenge “T” and “U”)
I've spent a lot of my life on trails, paths...finding my way, both literally and figuratively. Maybe that's why Robert Frost's "Two Roads" Poem has been one of my favorites.
Some of the literal paths I've traversed have taken me to the most beautiful, austere, awe-inspiring, lonely, crowded, secret, soul touching, gut-wrenching, love-filled places you could even begin to imagine. Those literal trails have been a metaphor for my life during those times.
Back in March of 2006, I was on the trail you see in the first photo above. On this same day, I took the picture below with my son. At the time, I was a few years out of an abusive second marriage. My ex-husband had been battling demons that he could not control when we split. Now, my son walking ahead of me, was heading out o...