And then this happened…..

I was just drifting off when the pilot announced that the Northern lights were out there. He said the best way to see it was through the camera on our cell phones. I was over a wing and had a red light flashing and a propeller moving, but I still managed to get a shot. I decided it was Alaska telling me, “Until Next Time, Chica.”

Shayne was waiting for me with a clean house and scratch lottery tickets on the table. Charlie came running, even though he waited an entire minute to purr when I picked him up. Lucy forgot who I was and hid under furniture, and then something clicked and she will not leave my side. That’s fine, because I am so tired that I feel like I could adopt a cat lifestyle and sleep for a year.

Now that I am home and on the downside of Spring Break, I am choosing not to panic. I spent a lot of time in Alaska at the tide pools peering around the rocks, looking for treasure. Maybe that’s an analogy to live by–wonder is in the dark places, if you look for it and accept it.

I have a lot to unpack from this trip. Literally and metaphorically. My trip might have come to end, but I feel like it is just the beginning of living my best life.