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| Driving through the River from Laity Lodge, Fall 2025 Leakey, Texas |
I know a place where the drive in and out takes me through the Frio river.
On the way in, my heart knows the feeling of coming home. And on the way out, just around the bend, my heart knows the feeling of beginning the drive back to my home city of Houston. I always say, "It's good to go - and good to come home."
Here's a secret: I carry the river in my heart. I can visit whenever I want. I carry the river down Gessner Drive and to the grocery store. I carry the river when I'm on zoom or making dinner or out for a walk. I carry the river on gray days. Sometimes I forget, but then I remember.
That's how it is once you've found a sacred place, a thin place - it becomes part of you. The places we carry in our hearts are something beautiful and something good.
