Posts in Convos. From the Road

BE PRESENT

I walked in and was greeted by the warmest “Hello” from an older gentlemen probably in his mid 70’s - “And oh what brings you in here today Miss. where you traveling from?”.. Something I instantly adored right away. I replied how it was just me by myself traveling from Washington to see the Grand Canyon for my first time. He leaned in close to me, literally feeling his breath as he whispered quietly, as if he wanted nobody to hear, “You know, solo travel is the best.. That’s the most freeing kind of journey to have. It’s magical and it can really change you if you let it. Enjoy every second of it”

Convos. From the RoadNiki HerringNovember 24, 2019 Comments

NOT THIS YOUNG FOREVER

I talked to the guy more he goes “Man what I would do to be your age running wild again with no worries I feel like time is so limitless your age” - They had just bought a motorhome and were from Texas making their all the way up to Alaska. As he was saying all of that he said my exact thought “The type of roadtrip you want to do when you’re young though”.. He elaborated more talking about how they just sold some unnecessary home items and eventually their home to see the world more before they pass away. “I wish I would have done it when I was your age, your condition, your mindset. Just what I would do to be your age again” His wife thought he was annoying me because she tried pulling at him. Luckily she did though, because he was pulling at the heart strings honestly.

Convos. From the RoadNiki HerringFebruary 8, 2019 Comments

"WHAT'S YOUR END GOAL?"

30 minutes passed and he came back through after walking around and taking photos, he goes “So what exactly is your end goal?” Me “I mostly went on this trip for Colorado so I guess that’s the end goal” he goes “no no no, the end goal of this trip. Are you searching for something? Running wild and rebelling? Trying to meet people? Wanting to take photos? What made you want to really go?” I remember kind of sitting there blank minded but also a million thoughts running through my head at the same time and him leaving with “write it down when you find out what it is” so I wrote down those questions, those comments and that whole conversation in my journal. It felt deeper than it needed to be probably.

Convos. From the RoadNiki HerringFebruary 1, 2019Comment

Life

LIKE WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN.

I’ve felt like more childlike wonder these past 2 months than I did all of my last year total. You see, I always have a young spirit and I love spontaneity, adventure, always being on the go, you name it. But with that, also comes an old soul in me; the worrying and figuring out of the future. I sometimes forget the slow down period. The period of looking around and taking in everything that this moment offers. I forget to scream to the world just how happy I am when I feel like it, to laugh out loud to the point someone could mistake it for a dying seal, to cry when I feel something. Sometimes I just forget to really live. Like how we did when we were young.

A YEAR OF LESSONS

Here we are again. End of December looking back at everything that happened throughout this whole year, that bittersweet reflection of everything you’ve done throughout the past 365 days. That sort of painful sit down of looking back knowing it’s about to be nothing but memories in the past. Knowing all those moments were literally once in a lifetime. It’s so bittersweet.

WINTERTIME BLUES.

Some days are better than others.. I’m sure if you suffer with depression or anxiety like I do, you know that sometimes you’re on top of the world and it feels like you could scream to it just how happy you are and how great life is.. Sometimes the world feels like it’s crushing down on you instead. To a point you just want it to suffocate you, to take away the uninvited thoughts and feelings. Right now it feels a lot like being suffocated.