Time For A Break

Silver Strand Beach View, Ireland. © Carol Labuzzetta, 2024

It’s the eve before I leave on a trip. I’m looking forward to going. It’s been a crazy nine months. From June until March, we’ve been gone from home a lot — nineteen weeks to be exact.

Today, we’ve been home a month. It’s been restful for the most part, but my husband and I are still getting back into a routine. And now I’m going again. But I feel like going away will be restorative.

I need to focus on myself. Doesn’t that sound selfish? I don’t mean it to. But, we all need self-care. The stress of losing a parent, communicating clearly with my sister, keeping the peace, and still accomplishing the tasks that lay before us has taken its toll..

For the next eight days, I will write, sleep, hike, and try hard to relax.