Mama Needs a Refill

I’m a city girl who loves the beauty of nature. I have lived in some beautiful places and traveled to others. It’s still interesting to me how at times I can take the beauty around me for granted. Rushing past the view of mountains, ignoring the water and islands in sight, not bothering to stop and soak up the exquisiteness before me.

I have held many of my Mama Needs A Refill retreats in my mother’s home which has an expansive view of the Olympics, and clear views of the ferry going back and forth across the Puget Sound.  Retreat attendees don’t take the view for granted stopping in their tracks when they enter her home, taking a long breath as they drink in the beauty out the window. My mom feels honored to have her home used as a retreat space, feeling in some ways like she should offer up this space for others. She is a widow, living alone and wants to share the gifts of the scenery out her back door.

Often just fixing our eyes on a thing of beauty – a bit of nature can fill our cup enough to jolt us out of taking all that we have for granted.