Salmon Caught In Past

This morning on the way back from picking up our food from SHARE I got a phone call from a friend of my adult son asking if I wanted to go salmon fishing with him. Although I had a lot to do today, I said yes, having caught the largest fish of my life the last time we went, a few years ago. He said he would call me back a little later.

I got home, put the food away, cleaned the house a little and sat down to watch a football game while working on some writing and he still did not call.

Finally in the afternoon he called and said we could not go fishing today. I asked why and he told me that he had suffered a personal crisis in the time since the first phone call. We talked more and I suggested we needed more than ever to go fishing and take a time out from the stress of the day we both felt. He agreed.

When we got together all he could first talk about what was the crisis in his life. However, when we finally got to the fishing spot on the Milwaukee River he stopped talking about it and the focus was on fishing. The fishing was not good today but the hour or so of trying was stress-free and gave us a both a chance to relax, watch the river, and see the trees turning colors.

As we drove home we were both ready to face what life has brought us. We had no fish but felt free. Maybe next time we go fishing we’ll get some fish and still feel free.

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