Letting go of what might have been.

On the question of how to process the choices you didn’t make.

Photo credit: Carr Hagerman Photography

When I was very young, my mom taught me to body surf. Anyone who has spent any time in the ocean knows the feeling of being caught beneath the waves, being drawn under and spun until you don’t know which way is up. She taught me the trick of waiting, of staying still until my body began to float…