Betsy Hicks Russ

It could be nothing more than love.

When he's hiking, he is connected in the greatest way imaginable.

I really enjoy just following behind him and just watching him navigate and have his conversations.

He'll put his arms up or whatever it is he might be doing.

You know, it's funny because so many parents are so interested about the Hill.

And I think the Hill is fascinating.

And I know Joe calls them when we asked him about the Hill.

He said he likes the lights off at night so that he can connect to his silent amigos.

Yeah.

He says, they tell stories of their days and I tell jokes.

And I think that's a beautiful... I like the way that Susie Miller puts it, chat room.

She calls them, it's like in the hill, like they go to their different chat rooms.

But I think we sometimes forget the fact that it's more than the hill.

It is a connection to all things.

It's a shared consciousness moment of...

of all that's in this world.

And I think that that's where we discount a lot of their meltdowns as being self-injurious because there's something really horrible going on, but they're also bringing in a lot of energy all the time.

And they can connect to whatever they need to connect to.

So the nature makes sense that it could be a grounded place because all those trees, all that earth, they want to take in whatever we want to let go.

They're there for us.