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My Wife, Son, and I.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Long Drives

     Have you ever noticed how long trips seem when you only focus on the final destination?  It seems to take forever when ever I think oh I want to get to a destination, and I want to be there now.
Micah sleeps in order too make the time go by faster,
 or he is just bored in Nebraska.

I've learned though that sometimes you have to look more at the scenery and as I look I find myself day dreaming.  Sometimes I wonder what it might have been like to live in an area many years ago.  Iowa used to be the bottom of an ocean and then it was part of the large grassland prairie that settlers had to travel through on their way out west.  It was populated by various native American tribes.  There were even a few burial mounds close to where I grew up.  While somewhat unimpressive to me the first time I saw them, it is a reminder that the area was lived in before I and my parents were ever around.  When ever I take the time to look at my surroundings and wonder/daydream, it makes the long trips go by faster.  My wish is that today we can remember our own past, or the past of others to help us get more understanding of our own life and circumstances.

Have a good day,
Shawn