Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Fear – It’s an interesting thing and as individual as each human being. Today we saw a suspension bridge. Jack suggested we try it. We had been traveling from Westport to Nelson, which is a beautiful drive but very windy. We were all ready for a break. Remember the bridge over the Virgin River in Zion when we were little? Similar but much higher and longer. This bridge was over the Buller Gorge, about 120 feet to the river. Pepper started over. Part way over he was annoyed that Rachelle was shaking the bridge behind him, wanted to turn back but couldn’t. Actually Rachelle wasn’t shaking the bridge at all, it was just how the bridge moved when someone was walking on it. (Although Rachelle had to admit to thinking about shaking the bridge, but didn’t.) I started over behind Rachelle and stopped to take a picture of either sides of the river and realized how difficult it was to keep still enough to take the pictures. At this point I looked back to see that Jack had only just started down the bridge. I turned back to check on him and he looked at me and said, “I could force myself to go over that bridge but I am old enough to say I don’t have to walk over that bridge. I think I will stay here.” As I got to the other side, Rachelle and Pepper were laughing because Pepper had been so freaked out. Something about, “Now you know how I felt flying thirteen hours over the ocean.” We all got back together on the other side and laughed about the experience. We all have things that frighten us and what scares one person may not scare another. I guess it comes down to accepting each others with our strong points and the weak ones as well. Gosh it’s nice to be with close family.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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