During my trip to T&T I had an epiphany during our hike in the rain forest. We were on the trail with a married couple. Towards the end of the trip, the wife started to get weary* and so her husband began to hold her hand and support her as we walked over rocks, sticks, branches, etc.
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| The married couple on our trip |
The way he took care of her was sweet and as I sloshed around in my Wellingtons a little part of me wished I had a male companion to hold my hand and enjoy the adventure with and then at nearly the exact moment the lyrics from Kelly Clarkson's pop hit "Stronger" came to mind. Sure, it just repeats the age old adage that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but in that moment, it helped me realize that as long as I didn't die by falling off the edge of the walking trail, that my being able to hike alone in the rocky terrain really did make me stronger.
Lately it seems as though every trip I go on there's a special moment that I wish I could share with an equally (if not more) special person but I'm learning to be more thankful for having the moment at all regardless of who is present.
*later we'd put all the context clues together and realize she was pregnant
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