Chronic Illness: Taking a Walk
                     Copyright Lyne's Creations March 2008  All Rights Reserved

        
I just wanted to recreate one day recently that I was able to get to my park nearby and walk a little. It was a warm 65 degrees F winter day, and of course it felt good so I walked too far for my FM, but what a great day to walk along the dirt path, smelling the eucalyptus trees that I grew up around.... and there really are giant swallowtail butterflies around here, though not yet.... In fact that day I only heard the birds, but thought I would add the animals and birds one would see there in the early evening.... I have since been able to go back to the park two more times - a great
success! Each day I can get myself out... and be IN NATURE, I am healthier for it, even if my FM "gets mad" at me a bit later on... it IS worth it!
I did keep my walks shorter though...and I talked to people, including one mentally challenged young man who came too close to me and said:
I just like to talk to people! So I did, exchanging names and some small talk... in my life now, I know how it is to be limited and how much any
of us simply want the companionship and recognition in a considerate thoughtful way.