Lynne Writes…

Tag: journey

  • Love, Loss and Leaving Notes at the Labyrinth

    Love, Loss and Leaving Notes at the Labyrinth

    Love and Loss

    It had been months – over six months, to be precise – that I had been able to visit my sacred space – the labyrinth that I shared with Sarah, just about a week before she passed away.

    For the past six or seven months, I have been recovering from a serious lower back/hip injury. I truly believe it was a manifestation of the grief and trauma surrounding her death, and other major significant losses.

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  • Marriage, like travel, is a journey

    Marriage is a journey
    Marriage is a journey

    Marriage, like travel, is a journey. Charting your destination, off you go.

    “In life, it’s not where you go, it’s who you travel with.” –  Charles Schulz

    On this day, almost three and half decades ago, the two of us became one. Not long after our vows were said, we loaded up my little four-cylinder Mustang and headed west to Arizona, our first move for the Army.

    I had zero experience with the military, and that road trip would be the first of many. Leaving on a beautiful fall day, we said our tearful goodbyes to our parents and siblings, and we were on our way.

    Our journey had begun.

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