Gosh, I hope that you have gone back to the good parts of your childhood! It makes me think that we pretty much are who we are from quite a young age. You'll see that in Ploi once she hits her 20's too.
Getting back in the water 12 years ago was best thing I ever did. Of course I stopped surfing for about eight years because of having Jarrah and moving to England. Love sustained me - but in the end, salt water was the thing that added that little bit extra I needed in my life. As you know I'm quite independent too so it's something I can do on my own.
I've tried to really coax Ploi to enjoy and learn things she can do on her own and don't always need a partner or a buddy. It's such a bummer having grown up on netball, tennis and basketball to learn that Thai people shudder at the thought. LOL.
I am going back slowly to revisit things.... try them again and detach old thoughts... and finding great pleasure in the feeling of not being defeated by my emotional baggage.
I suddenly KNOW why I am procrastinating on something I really need to do today, and gonna write a post about it!! On Drawing House Plans. Stay tuned.... xxx