When in doubt, I walk. I grew up walking everywhere because we only had one driver in the house until I was a teen. I took public transportation and by the time I was eight I had mastered the bus schedules between cities, but I still needed to get to the bus stops. So I walked. In college I walked places with heavy books on my back and as a parent I walked places with children on my back (or front). When those children were struggling and in crisis I walked the paved trails of the park and slowed my steps to a meditative pace. When I learned about our move across the country I took to the trails of San Jose with a different intent; I moved like a scanning device, absorbing the experience as
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