I'm about to set off on the adventure of a lifetime.
When I was a little girl on the farm, feeding pigs and chickens, milking cows, walking endless rows of bean fields in the hot summer sun, I would see jet contrails and imagine the swanky life of the folks drinking martini's in the posh silver tube overhead. I was a well read little girl on the farm and I knew that there was life beyond the fields that I saw every day.
And now the Universe and Prince Charming are conspiring together to give me the adventure I've dreamed about.
But first I have to pack. Oh no! I have nothing to wear for this life of swanky adventure.
Here's a sample from my closet.
This will not do! Here's how I imagine my traveling wardrobe
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| Coco Channel, my idea of fashion perfection |
And so the Universe comes to the rescue in the form of friends. I spent a cold, rainy Saturday shopping, my very least favorite thing to do with one of my most favorite people in the world, Melynda.
First to prepare me for the traumas that waited in the dressing room, we had a glass (or two) of wine
Then it was off to the torture chamber, I mean dressing room, in which predictably nothing fit. Everything was too long, too big, too tight......not right! I was Goldilocks
without finding just right.
Melynda whisked me away back to her house and her closet and there we happily giggled and slipped in and out of pants and tops until wa-la!
A decent traveling wardrobe emerged.
Wednesday the Universe continued it's joyful outpouring. Joanie invited our lunch bunch over to her house for lunch. It was a gorgeous spring day, everything in bloom.
My to-do list and everyone else's was as long as usual. But we collectively decided to ignore the urgent in favor of the necessary--time spent with girlfriends laughing and sharing stories.
Some days are like that, occasionally we get weeks where the stars align, the weather is perfect, the flowers are all blooming and the Universe fills us up with laughter, friendship, love and adventure.
On Thursday, there was a knock at the door. It was Marijo bearing these!
A bouquet of Lilly of the Valley. I'd forgotten how wonderfully fragrant they are. Marijo's been away so we spent time catching up, another lovely gift from the Universe.
Joanie and Marijo added to my list of necessary equipment for adventure travel:
a Kindle and a travel purse. Now I'm all set. My ruby slippers are packed and I'm ready to go!
But before I go, I want to share the adventures of the Butterfly Lady.
For several years now Ann has been teaching children at the local elementary school about the metamorphose process caterpillars go through to become butterflies.
This year she ordered over 100 caterpillars. Most of them are in the classroom, but she had such an abundance that she's keeping a few at home.
The caterpillars are getting ready to spin their cocoons. When I popped over to take these pictures, Ann was fighting with the saran wrap. She was on her way to the classroom to wrap a child in saran wrap as a visual aid to explain what the cocooning process was like for the caterpillar. This is part of the life of adventure the Universe brings to us every day. The caterpillar spinning it's cocoon to transform into
butterflies.
We are all on our way to becoming something brand new and magnificent. I'm so excited to be climbing into the cocoon of a jet plane and a few hours later to find myself on a different continent where people speak a different language and see the world differently than I do. I expect I'll come back changed, hopefully with a bigger, more expansive and beautiful understanding of the world. When I was young I thought once I reached 50, I'd understand life and the world. I'm so delighted to find that isn't true. There is so much more to learn and see and do. I wonder how this prairie caterpillar will emerge from this new experience? I can't wait to find out.
Ann walks through the universe covered in butterflies
to help our children see the world they walk in everyday as a magical transforming place.
The big and the small, the every day and the exotic the world is always pushing us to see wonder and delight.
Because I expect my first international travel experience to be challenging enough without trying to figure out how to make a computer work on a different electrical and wifi grid, I'll be taking a few weeks off blogging.
Until I return, may you all experience your own butterfly moments and may the Universe bless you with the abundance of love and friendship!
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