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Journaling reads:
Mitch and I went on a road trip on the motorcycle for our Honeymoon. We saw lots of places with beautiful scenery. One of our major stops was Yosemite National Park. We stayed there for three days; first pitching our tents in a paid campground then the next morning driving a little further to stay at one of their tented cabin areas. On our last day we had breakfast at the Ahwahnee hotel.
One of the major obstacles for us during this trip, and on our very young married life, came on a hike up to the famous Half Dome. For a history perspective, Mitch is a total outdoors man while I on the other hand was an out of shape, “not fond of walking too much type” of girl.
He had planned the trip and the things to do without consulting me and I just tagged along but then our true self (especially me) came off at that start of this hike. The idea of a 13 mile hike didn’t interest me at all. Plus I’ve envisioned my honeymoon to be in a beach somewhere totally relaxed and not lifting a finger, let alone going on a strenuous hike.
I was upset, grumpy, pouty and at points vocally complaining that he had dragged me to this point. The final straw was when (at just a half mile into our journey) I stated that I HATE him! These three words stopped him dead on his tracks. He turned around and answered back that those words were harsh and that I shouldn’t say those words to anybody that I love especially to the one I just said I do to. He proceeded to “lecture” me on how to act married and more importantly as a grown up.
I understood every point he made and after much embarrassment, asked for his forgiveness for such childish behavior. That was the first time I didn’t excuse myself from being dead wrong.
Soon we were back on the trail. I still complained but only in my thoughts. After our “moment” he knew that Half Dome was out of the question for a virgin hiker like me so we made a compromise and decided on going to Nevada Falls instead, which was about 3.5 miles up the trail.
When we got there, it seemed like all my whining was incomparable to the view. It was magnificent like none that I’ve ever seen before. We even got to test the waters, cold but refreshing.
When we got down, I thanked Mitch for (a) taking me to places I’ve never been before (b) for being the mature person in this relationship. I knew there was a good reason for picking somebody older than me. And (c) for not giving up on me and pushing the will power in me that I never thought even existed.
Seeing these pictures reminds me of the Pine trees along the road, the luscious green pastures, the fun places we stayed but most importantly the lesson I learned on that half mile mark of the trail to the Nevada Falls- The message of strength, perseverance and a mature outlook on love.
tfl
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