You know they always say that you don't value what you have until you are away from it for awhile, and that is true. I learned this week that someone I valued very much has gone away. My cat Truman. He was old, big and wonderful. He was my best furry buddy. I loved that cat because that cat loved me and we had an understanding between the two of us. I loved him because he would cuddle to me no matter what and was always ready to play with me.
It sounds cheesy that a grown man would talk that way about his cat, but Truman was different. He was truly my best little friend. The pain runs deep at his loss, but it is part of life. The only thing I wish is that I could have been there with him when it all ended for him and he went on to the next life. I'm that cheesy guy who given the chance would bury my cat in a carefully chosen plot with a marker. Yup I'm that guy.
Since I couldn't be there with him and since I didn't get to see him one last time, I'm just posting this as a way to aire out my thoughts. I've cried like a little boy the last two nights, much the same way I did when I lost my dog a few years back. But I've got the tears out, so on with life.
Truman, I love you my best little furry buddy. I'll see you again some day with Stein.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Oasis in the Desert
The past few weeks have given me an opportunity to see things and learn about things that I never would have imagined in my life. We are always so caught up in the run of life that we often forget to value the things that are most beautiful and wonderful and that are at our door steps.
I recently went to the world’s largest oasis in the desert town of Hofuf in the county of Al-Hasa in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. What a wonderful sight and what a wonderful trip.
http://worldsnaturalwonders.com/2008/12/al-hasa-oasis-worlds-largest-oasis.html
An oasis is a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well and often it’s also a place that serves as a refuge, relief or needed/pleasant change from the usual.
As I went around on a tour of Al-Hasa I was able to see things like the Al-Hasa museum, the famous Ibrahim Castle, the Alqarah Mountain, Alhasa National Park, and Alshoaabah Mountain and not to mention I saw more date trees than you could shake a stick at. I toured some private date farms, learned about the Turkish soldiers who stayed in Ibrahim’s castle, saw the age old graffiti that they left on the walls not to mention the prison that they put people in (you don’t want to go there). Our party went to 2 private receptions and was greeted by dignitaries and important people of Al-Hasa and Hofuf. I was a tag along, but still got the royal treatment.
After we went to 2 private farms and I tasted some of the best food I’ve ever had not to mention saw some of the coolest art/decorations that I’ve ever seen. All this at an oasis that pops up in the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia! This got me thinking.
As I mentioned earlier, an Oasis is a refuge or place to escape. What is the Oasis that you have in your life?
I was talking to my wife the other day and she said that my son was on the deck of the lake by our home just sitting there relaxing and enjoying the afternoon and I thought, “he’s in his own little oasis” We often forget that we need a place to escape and to go to when all else around us is driving us goo goo. Al-Hasa is a little oasis in the desert, but you don’t need to come to Saudi to have your own oasis.
The area down south reminded me of Southern Utah and Goblin Valley, Arches National Park area. What a wonderful Oasis that we have there in Utah. I thought of Baker Mtn and the lakes around Whatcom Country in WA. What a wonderful oasis we have in WA. There are so many, I’m just thinking we ought to visit them a bit more often.
Ev
I recently went to the world’s largest oasis in the desert town of Hofuf in the county of Al-Hasa in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. What a wonderful sight and what a wonderful trip.
http://worldsnaturalwonders.com/2008/12/al-hasa-oasis-worlds-largest-oasis.html
An oasis is a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well and often it’s also a place that serves as a refuge, relief or needed/pleasant change from the usual.
As I went around on a tour of Al-Hasa I was able to see things like the Al-Hasa museum, the famous Ibrahim Castle, the Alqarah Mountain, Alhasa National Park, and Alshoaabah Mountain and not to mention I saw more date trees than you could shake a stick at. I toured some private date farms, learned about the Turkish soldiers who stayed in Ibrahim’s castle, saw the age old graffiti that they left on the walls not to mention the prison that they put people in (you don’t want to go there). Our party went to 2 private receptions and was greeted by dignitaries and important people of Al-Hasa and Hofuf. I was a tag along, but still got the royal treatment.
After we went to 2 private farms and I tasted some of the best food I’ve ever had not to mention saw some of the coolest art/decorations that I’ve ever seen. All this at an oasis that pops up in the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia! This got me thinking.
As I mentioned earlier, an Oasis is a refuge or place to escape. What is the Oasis that you have in your life?
I was talking to my wife the other day and she said that my son was on the deck of the lake by our home just sitting there relaxing and enjoying the afternoon and I thought, “he’s in his own little oasis” We often forget that we need a place to escape and to go to when all else around us is driving us goo goo. Al-Hasa is a little oasis in the desert, but you don’t need to come to Saudi to have your own oasis.
The area down south reminded me of Southern Utah and Goblin Valley, Arches National Park area. What a wonderful Oasis that we have there in Utah. I thought of Baker Mtn and the lakes around Whatcom Country in WA. What a wonderful oasis we have in WA. There are so many, I’m just thinking we ought to visit them a bit more often.
Ev
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