By Francie Lora
Just now, after finishing my previous blog post, Obie came and laid his goldeny head in my lap with a slight wafty wag of his plumey tail and a ‘Walk?’ look in his none-such smiling eyes. Oh Obie! How can I ever say ‘no’ to you?
So off we went.
We walked and walked up and around a meandering Mt. Washington road. It was totally deserted; only the sound of birds and bugs, and all of LA spread out in the distance. With the sunny feel of fall and light dancing in swaying trees, my brain flitted hither and yon. Walks through dappled Michigan woods with my sister, climbing trees as a young girl and waiting to be discovered, Byron Katie’s naming meditation, Olive and Ben on the other side of the mountain, and then a couple of strangers appeared out of nowhere and Obie trotted over to greet them. I snapped back to the present and corraled him to join me. He came to me and then bounced on down the road and I muttered, “Oh Obie, I love you” and he turned around and smiled at me. We stood still and looked at each other. The golden light on his fur, his smiling eyes and loving look, I will never forget that moment.
Beyond precious, beyond sacred, two beings enjoying a beautiful day, walk, moment and each other.
Award winning writer, Francie Lora, has been living and writing from the heart for most of her life, from South India to New England to LA. More recently earning her Master’s in counseling, she serves women with breast cancer. After a year counseling women who’d lost their beloveds during 9/11, she was given a computer and sent to LA to write her stories for the big screen.
JUDY Julin
Your words are like a healing balm….
Francie Lora
Thank you.