My favorite thinking spot

We moved to the farm when I was 12, and within months of settling in I chose the hillside overlooking the creek as my favorite spot to sit and think. Daydream, actually. About having a husband, being an elementary school teacher, having a two kids and living happily every after.

In 1980 I shared my thinking spot with my roommates from Bible School.
Twenty seven years later, none of us are with the guys we were so madly in love with on the day this photo was taken. Last weekend I couldn't even get within 50 feet my favorite hillside spot. Bloody blackberry bushes...