December 8: Moment of Peace

I don't take time for myself very often.  There are lots of reasons for this -- my job is ridiculous, I like to hang out with friends and don't often say no to hanging out, I have a hard time sitting still...

But when I started searching through my Good Things posts I started to think about when did I take a moment to relax and just take time to breath.

My favorite moment(s) of peace was my trip to Maine with Laura.  Can Maine be both my trip of 2009 and my moment of peace for 2009?  Gwen Bell gets final ruling... but I say yes, yes it can!

Laura and I took it easy in Maine.  And there is something about a small town that immediately puts you at ease.  We were in no rush to get anywhere.  We had very little cell phone service, no internet or TV.  I read in those four days more than I had all year.  We would get up in the morning, go on a small adventure and then come back to relax for the afternoon before heading out for dinner and another small adventure in the evening -- there was the wedding to watch,

there was napping in our sunfilled room,

there was the kayaking,

there was the hiking in Acadia National Park.

Yep, already more at peace just strolling down that memory lane.