Adventure Log: Lake Quinault & Kalaloch

May 8, 2018 Gretchen Staebler

I paid homage to my parents yesterday at two of their favorite places. Read my photo log at Writing Down the Story. My mother seems to be always with me. May it remain so forever.

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I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer. Check out my website (and my memoir) at www.gretchenstaebler.com. View all posts by Gretchen Staebler

2 thoughts on “Adventure Log: Lake Quinault & Kalaloch”

suesthought says:

May 9, 2018 at 6:24 am

Your experience reminds me so much of what I experienced when my mom died. The moment she died her life made sense in a way it could not prior to that. She remained ‘always with me’ for about 2 year. It is such a mystery to me why some people experience this. I referred to it as JOY finding me. May JOY continue to find you for a long time.

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1. Gretchen Staebler says:
  
  May 9, 2018 at 7:19 am
  
  That’s very interesting. It was certainly true for my mother regarding her mother. Except she simultaneously forgot how challenging (read horrible) she had been too. I’m determined to let the joy find me and not block it by how difficult she was. And at the same time, not sugar coat the experience. Thank you for this.
  
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