Peace out my back door

Ya know what I find just so peaceful? Just standing at the back of my house, looking off my deck at the back yard and watching the snow fall and listening to the trees creak as the wind blows through them. I could sit out back there for hours.

There is something about my house that reminds me so much of the house I grew up in.  I use to sit at my bedroom window for hours, just watching the world go by and listening to the neighborhood sounds.  I didn't get the connection til tonight.  I went to my back door and opened it, and just stood there.  For several minutes, I just drank it all in.  The darkness in sharp contrast to the white snow.  The gentle breeze running its fingers through the tree branches, my breath's mist glows from the chill in the air.

For those few moments, I was at complete peace with myself and the world.  Never mind my daily struggles as a lonely single mom. I just was one with mother nature and enjoyed it thoroughly.  

I often wish I had someone to share these moments with.