Feeling, I know that surfing and kayaking and open water swim sound radical. I know I can be a fruitcake about activities, and other things, too. I believe in hobbies.
We cannot tell him this, your son, but in the area that he lives there is a history of Japanese families with significant agricultural holdings. Are your sons in touch with their father or their father's family? Do they express interest in their paternal heritage?
Actually, in the Santa Cruz area there is a woman that teaches Saori weaving, a very interesting concept, kind of incorporating the Wabi Sabi aesthetic concept of the Japanese which I find so fascinating and beautiful.
I am now going to look up Zip Lining or whatever it was called. I need to know what it is before I make plans to do it.
Even if you do not do a certain thing with him, that you suggest it, will mean a lot, I think.
I am remembering, again, the couple of times my mother came to visit me when I was a young woman. How important these times were for me. I do not think she remembered.
I really neglected hobbies in my life. I subordinated them to goals. When I was a young woman I learned to swim. It was so meaningful to me. I joined a master's swim club and swam a mile a day. I loved it. It was so good for me. And then when I began my doctorate, I dropped it.
Then I did the same thing with my dancing.
I know that the goals are important, but a rich daily life is important too. You have a number of strong interests which you pursue. I know you know that. I am telling myself.
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