Travelingjenny

I have gone canoeing since I was Grace's age, sitting on a tackle box in the middle of the canoe. I would get bored and uncomfortable after a while, but I did grow to love canoeing. What a peaceful way to be out in nature, sitting quietly, looking for wildlife, and enjoying the sights. And I felt really lucky to be able to canoe several times with my girls last week — even if we only lasted for thirty minutes each time. (And even though they kept shifting around so much that I thought, more than once, that we might fall in.) For them, the best part was at the end, when we'd hand them the paddles. Pretty soon, I'm going to be relegated to the middle of the canoe again.