Hi Blue,
Loved hearing about your outing with your sun, gabbing in the car, just getting out for a little bit and laughing. There's some suffering in life, and there are some times you're just about defeated. Maybe it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.
Walking by the river sounds really nice. I remember when I couldn't walk for a summer, finally I was able to swim before I could walk.
Out the door, into a bathing suit, and into the water--would your doctor approve if it's easier on your degenerative disc? It could be getting to the pool seems like an insurmountable challenge--or maybe the only place to swim is the river?
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day.
Chinese Proverb