This was another one that was on my original memory card, this was in the woods behind my mom’s house.  I used to love to climb trees when I was younger and I was standing under this tree taking this picture I hard to resist the urge to just start climbing.  Look at it, this would have been the perfect tree to climb, the branches are spaced out almost perfectly and with a little bit of wriggling a good climber could get pretty high up in it.  I took this picture because I thought it kind of looked like a ladder, and I can’t resist thinking about how awesome it would have been to set the camera down and play monkey for a few minutes.  Then again if there is one thing that I have found while I have bee re-discovering myself is that life is full of regrets and the more someone lets them way them down the harder it is to move forward.  I have spent a lot of my time regretting most of the decisions I made while I was a depressed alcoholic and instead of learning from my mistakes I felt guilt and shame which made them stay with me.  I have slowly begun to realize that instead of letting my past hold me back I should be using the lessons I learned from them to move forward.  I am starting to see what it really feels like to not let my past haunt me anymore and it is opening up a whole new part of me.  I am learning how to continue moving ahead without constantly looking behind me, as anyone who knows sports can tell you when you are running you slow down every time you look behind you and I can’t afford to slow myself down any longer.  I look at this picture and even though I never got to climb the tree it did help me learn a valuable lesson and that is almost as good as actually climbing it.  When you look at this picture don’t be afraid to climb the tree and see what happens………..PEACE!!!!!!!