
19/08/2025
As I mourn my beautiful Mum, the winter weather we’ve been having has made it very easy to cocoon myself at home, lie in my bed staring out my window thinking about my mum and how much I miss her.
It’s hard to be motivated, and while I’ve been plodding along with my workouts, what has made me feel best is getting outside walking with Sam or my sister.
When the sun has been shining there are far less excuses to not get outside to do something that I know is good for my physical and mental health, even with my current mindset.
I have always loved walking, even more so now. And while I think constantly about my mum; most steps she is on my mind, it’s getting easier to appreciate how beautiful our world is, to have hope about the future without her in it, and appreciate how much of an impact she made on our family’s world.
She loved walking, she loved hearing about the walks I went on with Sam, and the walks my sister went on with her friends. I know as she got older, she missed the long walks she once could do and always thought of the walks she went on with her sister in Scotland- the Eildon Hills especially.
It’s because of her and the walks we went on when I was a child in and around Lucky Bay in Esperance that my love of walking grew, and I’ll always be grateful for this.
My sister and I have found comfort walking together and Sam has been a wonderful walking partner, letting me cry as I walk, walk in silence if I need and stop and stare at the clouds as much as I do.
Nothing I do can change what has happened, but what I do now can help my present and the future, and getting outside, walking with loved ones and appreciating the beauty in our world is a positive part of this.
So, in her honour I’ll continue to walk and to find beauty in nature while I’m doing it. I hope that even though she’s “not here” she can still be with me each step I take ☀️
We’ve recently explored Kings Park, Yanchep and Neerabup National Parks and look forward to getting more steps in ❤️
Do you have any walks that you can recommend we try?