Betsy Hicks Russ

What would you like to do today?

And he says, may I have a shot at writing poetry?

And we're like, absolutely.

Would you anything in particular?

He says, I'd like to try a haiku, which this goes into the fact that we were not at all influencing him because neither his practitioner nor I knew how many syllables.

We knew that had something to do with syllables, but we had no idea how many syllables was each.

And he did this with perfection and we found out later it was fine.

And he wrote, when my feet hit trail, sensations tickle my soul.

Peak joy, I'm alive.

It's beautiful.

So it's either hiking or cycling, either one.

And I almost always let him lead.

I try to always follow him.

So that this is one part of his life that he gets to lead.

It's his spirituality.

It's where he connects.

When we asked him, what are your thoughts on spirituality?

He says, I can remember thoughts of experiencing God in nature and in the kindness of others.

I noticed light around any kind of loving energy.

It could be God.