Wednesday April 2, 2025
Dear Diary,
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for hammocks.
- Thank you for books.
- Thank you for words.
- Thank you for love.
I love you!
I awoke at 3AM, wrote my blog and played wordle and connections. I slept again from 5 AM to 7 AM then I got up and showered. It is so nice to take a shower. Angel ate her breakfast while I made myself tea and a smoothie. I was scheduled to be at my cleaning opportunity at 8 AM, but we weren’t going to make it there on time. I messaged my client and let her now we would be arriving a little later.
We were almost to my clients house when we came across a road closed sign, a bridge was out and there was no way through. The detour took us a long way around so I got there even later than I thought I would. I know there’s really no such thing as late because everything happens in its own timing so actually I arrived right on time.
My client and I chatted for a few minutes, then I started cleaning while Angel did her schoolwork. She is doing great at school, especially in math. I happily got the house sparkling clean and even scrubbed out a burnt pan my client had left in the sink. I like doing extra things like that.
When I was almost finished cleaning, Aaron called and invited me to join him on an adventure out past Indian Valley along the Little Weiser River. Yes! I definitely wanted to go. Aaron sent me the coordinates and we agreed to meet up in a couple of hours.
I completed cleaning the house and we went home. I made Angel lunch and packed a few supplies. Then we hearted (headed) out to the Little Weiser River. The views were beautiful and I was excited to be going into new territory where I’d never been before. I was excited to spend time with Aaron. I really like him. We think a lot alike and I don’t find that often. Our friendship is growing and we have the best conversations about insights and our healing journeys. He’s funny too and makes me laugh. I love to laugh. (I also love to cry). I love being love.
Shortly after the dirt road started to get really muddy in places and I wasn’t sure about going any further, I went around a corner and saw Aaron turning around. He pulled up beside me and said that the road was getting bad and he thought it would be good to turn around where there was still a place that was easy to turn around in. I suggested driving up a little more and parking at a spot by the river. Aaron said he would follow me. I drove up the road a tiny bit and pulled over where it looked easy to access the river. We all looked at plants and rocks. I saw this little plant coming up that looked like a broadleaf. I picked a couple leaves, I ate one and gave one to Aaron. I took off my shoes and socks and waded into the river. It was blissfully cold, so cold my feet started to feel numb right away. I delighted in the cold, I missed cold water like this when I was in Texas. The cold water in Texas feels luke-warm to me. Life was so different in Texas. It was a good life and I loved the people, I made such good friends in Texas. I am so glad to be back in Idaho though. Idaho is a giant playground. There’s so much public land to play on, there’s so much wild, untamed wilderness. It suits my wild-untamed spirit to be here.
I found some neat rocks and wandered down the road a short distance where the river split and there was a small island in the middle. I saw that the split in the river on my side was shallow and narrow. The water was still running fast but I knew I could wade across without any issues. I took off my shoes and slowly made my way across. My feet were completely numb by the time I reached the island. I wandered around the island warming up my feet. Bits kept thinking about crossing the river where I crossed but he gave up on the idea after a few minutes. I found a really neat rock with crystals growing on it. I bet if it’s split open, there will be crystals inside.
I walked back across the river, Aaron and I stood and talked for awhile. Then we got ready to go. Aaron went farther down the road to do a video. Angel and I went home. I fed Angel dinner and she rode her bicycle to play practice. I organized the apartment some more and walked to the store to buy a broom. My tummy was really gassy and I wasn’t sure what I had eaten to get it all worked up. Then I remembered the leaf I had eaten. I looked up the plant and it is trillium. Toxic but the young leaves are only mildly toxic and won’t cause real issues unless they are eaten in large quantities.The Native Americans used the plant as I diuretic. That little leaf or two I ate just gave me some medicine that I unknowingly needed. Thank you trillium, thank you Holy Spirit for guiding me to the plant.
Angel got home and we walked to my older sisters. Angel stayed there while I walked to the bank and cleaned it. Then I got Angel from my sisters and we went home. We took showers and got ready for bed. Aaron called and we talked for a long time while I continued to organize. When we got off the phone, I stayed up until I had the whole apartment organized.
I went to bed, wrote my blog notes and went to sleep at midnight.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love, Victoria
P.S. this blog post was inspired by the Holy Spirit.
P. S. S. This was Wednesday. A lot has happened since then. Stay tuned.