I’ve been on a blog hiatus for a long time. Many excuses, too many to count. Initially in my blogging days I don’t think I understood my purpose in creating content. I fell for the allure of a comment here or there, but I wasn’t until later that I realized it was also a creative outlet for me. I then fell into the trap of just simply not having much of a creative outlet, especially after the loss of my father in 2023.

Today, I arrived in Guatemala to visit my son who is working for the Benedictine Volunteer Corps (BVC). He and a driver drove 4 hours to pick me up at the airport and we drove 4 hours to where he is living.

I decided to use the time here to reflect and will try a few posts to dip my toe back into the creative pond.

Today Mario, the driver, was the inspiration. He loves what he does and he has an incredibly important job to keep people in his charge safe. But he makes it fun, and engaging. There was conversation, jokes, and stories. We were taking a detour in pretty remote gravel roads and he pretended he was just blindly following another car as if he was lost to get a reaction out of me.

It was fun. I concluded with my son that I need to enjoy things more often.

Thanks for modeling that Mario. Chicken Billboard taken by me from Mario’s car.