grateful...

...for a long walk with aforementioned dear friend from high school this morning, through an oh-so-Tucson neighborhood seemingly overflowing with gorgeous wildflowers and the heady scent of orange blossoms. another fragrant activity to the rescue. it was like putting some reserves back in the mental/emotional reservoir after a steady withdrawal. thank you dear friend. and to Ame for a phone message and Loopy and Bean for being present in different ways. *sigh* just giving myself space to be, and to feel all these feelings. there are a lot of feelings, but fortunately here in arizona, there is also a lot of space (in all senses of the word). for once I'm glad that I get to be in a kind of bubble with my thoughts--it will probably get lonely as it did last summer, but for right now, it's good.