I remember feeling brave and fearless...and happy to be in Chamonix. 

 Where did that innocence go? 

"Laugh when you can, apologize when you should,

and let go of what you can't change.

Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances,

give everything and have no regrets.

Life's too short to be anything but happy."

~unknown 

49 you were fine....but I'm ready to leave you behind and jump on this freight train called 50!

"I have a tendancy not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time  (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism."

~Elizabeth Gilbert (and me!!!!!!)

"My father was very sure about matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things- trout as well as eternal salvation- came by grace; and grace comes by art; and art does not come easy."

~Norman Mclean 

A River Runs Through It

This past year was a wild journey filled with amazing adventures...and most of them super fun. ;)  Abraham Lincoln said: "It's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years."  And I'm fully on board with that. Gunna keep skiing the mountains, riding bikes, taking chances...surfing the waves.

Let the river take away
All the words
That you and I could never say
In the silence Darling let us pray
Let the river take it all away.
~John Hiatt