My Valentine's Day

I spent the entire day alone and thoroughly enjoyed it.

First I went to breakfast and chatted with an old man at the loner bar in the restaurant, did a little shopping, and enjoyed the raindrops trickling down my skin...

then came the real satisfaction.

A candlelit bath with buddha watching over my naked body in absolute silence. It is so precious I am almost crying writing this.

When you are never ever completely alone, when that moment finally comes, it is almost hard to be blissful. I have to convince myself it is okay to have a pure, quiet moment.

I get so caught up in being a mama/teacher that I rarely take time to really breathe.

Here, I was free....