Where to Next

They played this little game best of three gin rummy. The Loser spun the globe, the winner blindly placed a pin. 

And that’s how they decided. Not just the adventure next but they took a similar approach on so many other decisions. Big and small. Together, playful, low stakes, and always with tenderness. It was their very nature. Not independently but the nature of the pair as a unit. 

She was fiery and risk taking and creative and everything all at once with no concern for consequences because luck was always on her side. 

He was her calm, steady pursuit, brilliant, and strong, strategic but with the most comforting voice of guidance and assurance. And she followed his lead without question because he made her feel safe and whole and home. 

The mix was one for the ages. Together unstoppable but alone, each their own kind of chaos. 

They needed each other, that’s the only way the remarkable machine worked. 

Of course there were moments, and seasons even, of confusion and misunderstanding but in the end they always found resolve. For their love was eternal. More than that, the passion and intense need for one another only increased over time. 

Tunnel visioned on each other the world could crumble all around, and sometimes it did, but they remained at peace deep down. 

This time the pin pricked Patagonia

To climb, to camp, to cuddle under the stars. In wonder at the wilderness. 

So, nestled in their cozy cabin where the rain sang their favorite songs, the next adventure began.