Change of Plans

Dear Friends,

A couple of months ago on a particularly glorious fall weekend, my kids and I headed out to the woods to go backpacking.  It was a pretty near perfect weekend for backpacking…while on the colder side, the colors were absolutely spectacular and breathtaking.  

I planned our route, packed our food, we got our stuff ready to go and off we went.  The plan was to head out for two nights, and three days, getting home on a Monday since my kids had the day off of school.

It was a wonderful time, walking in the woods with my boys…and yet, as we were walking that first day, they both expressed to me how it would be nice to have a day at home on that Monday they had off.  

So we changed our plans.  We looked at our route and planned a new one so we could walk out on Sunday and get home by Sunday evening instead of staying out until Monday.

It was a lovely, glorious walk in the woods.  The trees were spectacular, we took all the detours to see multitudes of beautiful waterfalls, we just enjoyed our time together, and then we packed it in and walked out early…and, you know what, that final, unexpectedly lazy, and sluggish day at home was also just an absolute delight.

If I hadn’t listened to my kids and their desires, we would have missed out on something pretty special…sometimes changing plans is exactly what we need.

I hope you have an amazing week, my friends.

Love
Krista