the road to enchantment
the resort where we stayed was nestled in this canyon...
while there...
i ate the yummiest ahi tuna i have had since jon and i went to maui for our honeymoon
i had two massages (planned to have one, but after the first, the therapist said, "you are having another one right?")
my mother taught me how to knit and crochet
i learned i hold so much in my heart and in my neck
i laughed, a lot, with my mom
i felt comfortable being naked
my heart (that has felt broken for almost two years, has been physically painful on and off for two years) was pushed to begin to heal (it hasn't hurt, at all, since the "soul seeker" experience)
i tapped into my native american past
i ate two meals at a restaurant wearing a bathrobe
i watched the oscars and howled, literally howled, when ellen made the "america voted for al gore" joke
i sat in comfortable silence with my mom
i didn't wear any make-up and got some sun on my face
i was given the assigment of taking three sea salt baths, but i had to use sea salt bath scrub, and the oiliness of the scrub caused me to get stuck in the bathtub because i couldn't get out without slipping, which meant i had to say, "mom, i need help getting out of the tub" and allow my mom to help me
it snowed
it was warm enough for flip flops
i fell in love with the red rocks
i felt far away from a lot
i felt at peace with who i am becoming
i remembered
this is me, travels
Reader Comments (24)
i cannot image anything better.
Gorgeous*
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i have not been feeling up to making MY version of lists like this (that are so b.ful to read)........
It freshens my Heart to read someone else's.
=Dee=
What a delightful time! :)
I love this post. You have a beautiful soul.
what a wonderful post. sounds like a very relaxing visit and a meaningful one.
Wonderful wonderful. This sounds sooo nice. As i read it, I thought how sweet it would be to do something like that with my own mom. Go to a healing kind of place, and just be together. That is nice.
I'm happy for you.
:)
What a beautiful experience, Liz. What a special time to share with your mom. Thank you for sharing so much of it here.
That sounds wonderful and magical and healing. I'm happy for you that you had that time with your mom.
sounds like this was a trip to nourish your soul. xo
I love those red rocks...I loved standing up on top of them... Sounds like you had a very nourishing getaway.
That all sounds like, looks like, the most wonderful healing experience. I am so glad for you, dear Liz. So glad.
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. After reading your post I think I will ask my mom out for tea.
It all sounds so delicious... yay for you, dear Liz...
You SHOULD be proud of all you are becoming because you're so wonderful! I felt like a took a mini vacation just reading that. It sounds like it was an important, great trip, exactly what you needed and deserved.
loving that you loved your time away. sedona is such a serene and breathtakingly beautiful part of the world. i am so proud of you and for so, so many reasons.
Oh, what a special, magic, healing time. Thank you for letting us come along. k
you make sedona sound even more magical than it is, which is nearly impossible. i can smell the creosote in your picture and it makes me yeeeaaarrrrrnnn for my summer mountains. those morning shady spots....i can't tell you how much i feel connected to this post. its been a long time since i've been here! i'm so glad to see you.
xoxo p
I am just back from a weekend at a Spa with my mom. Nice to read about your relaxing moments with your mom.
XO Sophie
sigh...
this sounds like it was
simply wonderful,
i'm so happy for you
:)
*sigh*...oh liz, what a lovely, healing time...
So jealous! Glad it was such a magical time. You deserve it.
this is so beautiful.
I was in Sedona for a day several years ago...so beautiful. Sounds like you had a wonderful time, even getting stuck in the bathtub doesn't sound so bad. BTW, I only use the salt scrub in the shower, and sometimes put down a towel for that so I don't slip. I can't imagine trying to use it in the bath. (my verification word is aaohyfuc - which seems a word associated with trying to get out of slippery bathtub)
Oh... I always feel so wild and free and desperately ALIVE in the desert - this post made me miss it so! Your spa getaway sounds amazing, and well deserved! (I thought the Al Gore joke was funny, too, and Jack Black and Will Ferrell even funnier. What would happen if THEY hosted the Oscars? Anarchy!)