Choosing Nature, Presence and New Memories
Where the year began
As always part of my plan for every year is bringing togetherness with my own family, the family that comes from me.
Growing up in an unhealthy and broken family made me kept a promise to myself to break the pattern if I became a mother and a partner, I would give my children the life of having a family that stays together, go on an adventure together, laughs together and brings closer together. It’s the life I have always wanted to live and feel when I was a child.
As they say, you cannot changed the past but you can create and give yourself the life you have always pictured out in the future.
It was already our plan for January 1st to go on a picnic at the Golf Course. This isn’t the Luxury Golf Course you are thinking of, this is like an abandoned golf course and we are very fortunate to have lived close to it. I made a plan about it so we will be guided on our little adventure.
We found a spot where there will a shade of tree since it was a hot afternoon. We also picked a place where there would be no people that passes by so we can have a more privacy and less distraction to fully enjoy the day.
We brought some foods, eat together and did our activities.
My eldest made me a flower crown, just like he always does whenever we visit this place filled with Wedelia wildflowers. It’s become one of those quiet traditions I hold close to my heart.
We stayed until the sun’s warmth softened, then moved to the other side to catch a more dreamy golden glow. We lingered a little longer before finally walking home.
What stayed with me most was hearing the kids repeatedly say, “Thank you ma and dad”, telling us how much they enjoyed the day. In those moments, I felt overwhelming gratitude to the Universe, to life, to the simple gift of being together.
Maybe this is what building a life looks like. Not big, loud moments, but slow days where no one is rushing and everyone feels seen. Choosing grass under our feet instead of screens in our hands. Choosing presence, again and again.
This is how I heal parts of my past.
This is how we begin our year.
And this is how I hope my children remember their childhood.
Full of nature, laughter, and home.