A Road Less Travelled

I’m sitting here crying over a Winnie the Pooh movie. I haven’t even been watching the whole thing, but…but…the heffalump finally found his call. How can you not cry about that?

Ok, so I’m a little tired. This whole trip to Colorado has gone very well, but the children have been a little cranky at times…I’ve been a little cranky at times too. Yesterday I just got annoyed with people. Not anyone specifically, but people in general. People who think that I couldn’t possibly want to walk in the rain, that I must want a ride even if I don’t know it. People who look at my barefoot sandals and say, “What’s the point if it doesn’t cover the bottom of your foot?”. Yes, I know you proabably don’t understand either. Since you have enough sense to be reading this blog I will allow you to request an explanation–but just this once. Sometimes I like the feel of going barefoot, but I also like the decorative quality of shoes. So I crocheted a pair of barefoot sandals that cover the top of my feet and loop around my toes to stay on.

Gabrielle would have understood. She might tease me about barefoot sandals, but it’s not because I’m almost barefoot. It’s because I won’t go all the way to completely barefoot. Gabrielle would have walked in the rain with me. Part of the reason I didn’t watch the whole Winnie the Pooh movie is because I heard part of a song and had to go look it up on Google. It wasn’t easy to find but I finally found the lyrics to “Shoulder to Shoulder”. Here’s the part that I had to find, because it made me think of Gabrielle–

I’ve never had a best friend before

 

 

So I can’t be sure what it feels like

 

 

But I think it feels more like this

 

 

I think I feel more like myself

 

 

When I’m with you