Winds of Time

Do you see the smile on her face? Peace, happiness, joy. She looks so alive!

When my father was visiting this past September he struggled to walk very far so we went for lots of drives. After spending a year and a half isolated in his home, caring for my mother, at the age of 90 dad had lost much of his strength. Before the pandemic he often walked to the office, or drove nearby and walked the remaining distance. Dad was extremely active as a full-time volunteer right up until the office was closed down because of the lockdown.

The week he spent with me was his first chance to get away and relax for two years. We made it feel like a real holiday, and toured around southern Vancouver Island.

The large female figure, rising from the Salish Sea, personifies the beautiful spirit of this place with its unstoppable elements of wind and time. With her knowing smile she seems to say that she has seen it all, and knows what is to come!

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Time is unstoppable….it just keeps going. We can never go back and redo anything, but we can change what we do and what we value moving forward.

That week in September was a pivotal point in my life, when I realized that life does not go on forever. There will be a point when I face death, and whether that is soon or far in the future, I don’t want regrets. I don’t want to think that I spent so much of my life working that I have not built strong relationships with family and friends.