WW: My Quiet Place

Linking up with Mama Kat again this week for writers workshop. If you want to learn more about it, click the link at the bottom of this post. The prompt I chose this week is: show us where you go for quiet.

I can't actually share a picture, because I don't have anything recent, but I find my quiet and my peace near water. Doesn't mater if its a lake or the ocean or a river. I love watching the water pass by me.

The other night I was feeling restless. I have been at my parent's house since last Tuesday. Needless to say I am feeling stir-crazy. So, I jumped in my dad's car (a stick shift, which is much more focused driving for me!) and started driving. My first destination was walmart. It gives me something to look at without thinking. I picked out a coloring book and some crayons and then headed out. I didn't want to go home yet, so instead of turning left toward town, I turned right into the "country."

I won't say that I was lost, but I didn't know exactly where I was going. I knew what road I wanted to end up on and did get there. The road is right along the Santiam river. There is a dam in the river there

I saw it and immediately made the connection to my own life. The far side of the dam is like my life before my mom's passing. It was calm, it was peaceful, it was comfortable to be in. Now my life is like the other side. I feel in complete chaos. I don't know what direction my life is taking. There are rocks and mess in the way, making the water of my life just as chaotic as the water in the river.

Regardless of how this area of the river makes me feel, I still feel compelled to go to the water for my quiet time. Honestly, there are times I can sit and just watch the rain for my quiet place.

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