Once a year my mom comes to visit me which helped with #Adventure52 - Me + Mom + Semiahmoo Resort. Mom's visits are always awesome! Â Just me....mom...and ALWAYS an adventure! Â Last year it was Orcas Island. This year, it was Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA. I'd visited in the Spring and when I described the views, the water, the rock-filled beach, and the SPA to my mom she was SOLD.
Adventure Stop 1: Bow-Edison and Scenic Chuckanut Drive
Brunch at Tweets in Bow-Edison. I unexpectedly found this adorable street of food and shopping while trying to get a closer look at a bison farm (I never got that). BUT, the Edison "board walk" was a more than suitable bison substitute and I couldn't wait to show mom around.
Tweets storefront
If you know me you know I often go full speed...non-stop...juggling and trying to “do it all”. That started shifting a few years ago when I worked with life coach Susan Hyatt. She pointed this little detail out to me and asked (begged) me to stop. “Find time to rest and rejuvenate. One day a week.” I called it being GROUNDED. I felt like a 13-year old being forced to stay home from the party. Life's ongoing party in this case. But, slowly (very slowly) it began to take hold. I started enjoying quiet nights or afternoons in. I became grateful for the silence of my apartment and the joyous feeling of being surrounded by my things and more recently cooking fresh and healthy meals for myself. While I was giving in to the idea of rest, the reality of my career kept my mind always “on.” A career in Crisis Management does that. You never know when things will happen. You can't watch the news without thinking of work. “Things” happen 24/7 and you never know when the next one might hit. So while I was beginning to understand rest...my mind never fully gave in. My mobile was always nearby. I quickly read every text or looked at every incoming call. I slept with my mobile, OK 2 mobiles, by my bed every night. I never left the house without one or both of them. I was always connected. I was always on