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There are days I hate the commute, the 40-60 minute drive each way to daycare/work, then home again in the evening when I’m tired and other drivers are tired, and we’re all a little grumpy. I remember the days of living closer in, having a shorter drive even though the same grumpy drivers shared the road…
Then I think about how much I love my home, love living in a place where the loudest sound on a Friday night is the frogs croaking, the very distant barking of a neighbor’s dog (or yip and howl of coyotes), and maybe a plane flying waaay overhead. Where the lizards sun themselves on the rock wall and our driveway; where tiny snails leave trails on the sidewalk, chipmunks taunt the dog from the rocks, hawks and eagles fly overhead, too many birds to count visit on a daily basis, and the owls hoot in the trees at night; where a small herd of deer cross our lawn and stop to stare at us through the windows.
Sure, we have a lot of bugs but we get to have lots of trees and native wildflowers and all sorts of wildlife too.
The convenience of a shorter drive is so deeply eclipsed by living closer to Mother Nature.
Happy Earth Day, friends. Let’s take care of our planet and each other today, shall we? xoxo