Chapter 2: And When You're Down

The day after I realized that Chris was going to San Antonio whether I liked it or not I woke up to an unexpected feeling of lightness. It was, I realized after a few minutes, the dawning realization that I could now investigate options around a job that I did well for a company I wasn't sure I belonged in.

A day or two later I was chatting with a friend and he was observing the amazing turn around the project had taken since I'd had the helm. And then he asked a question...a simple and yet powerful question. He asked "how has the company said Thank You?"

A week or so later I got my answer when they slapped me in the face. In this case I became a casualty of political war.

This girl was down and then she got kicked.

I've always believed that we journey our own unique paths. What I didn't realize, until now, is that paths suggest something far more clear cut than what we're (or at least I'm) walking on. This girl isn't on a path. She's on a trail!

Too Trails is the story of that journey. It's a story unfolding even now. It is a story with some chapters already written. It is a story whose telling begins in the front seat of our beloved RV, Chris driving as I write, the two of us calm and relaxed for the first time in not only a month but in, literally, months. Too Trails - a play on the sound of "two trails" and also on "and also."

The tears have stopped. At least for now. There is a lot of change in my life. In our lives. But there is hope as well. And frankly, I'm kind of excited.