If you spend anytime on my Facebook feed, you’ll know that my carless state was resolved last night with the purchase of used A5. A car I fell in love with against my better judgement. But that’s love for you–you take a leap and jump, and sometimes we float away in bliss, and sometimes we splat against the rocks. That’s life.

Back to the car, my college age daughter and I have always bonded over our preference in rides, and no wonder…I taught her how to drive stick shift before she’d mastered steering the automatic boat my husband had. She actually picked out my last car, test driving it for me because I really couldn’t care less.  So naturally we needed to test this new acquisition together.

Last night we took it out and let it fly up the freeway–through Sausalito and eventually up to Marin Headlands overlooking the San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.

We sat there watching the fog and the lights reflected on the bay. We ate chunks of Honey Crisp apple, and carmelized onion cheddar cheese and talked about life right now.

It’s not easy. It’s scary. We’re not sure what the new dawn will bring. We’ve lost some giants recently. And in my own family, we’re struggling with anxiety–the path forward as obscured as our skies have been under smoky orange skies. Despite all this, we’ll endure. We’re a resilient species.

We keep the faith, keep safe, keep moving one foot at time.

We can do this.

Together.

Wishing you blessings on this Mabon

LE