The Frio River part 4

If I were to write about my week, it would be an entirely too long post. I'm breaking this vacation down into a few posts.

Alternate Title: Jump from a Rock

Day 4

I really wanted to be in touch with everything we did this day. I left the phones at the cabin (or kept it in my purse) and planned to just enjoy myself. The photos contained in this post are from Google.

We spent the early part of the day driving around Concan taking in the few shops picking up goodies. We were able to stop by Concan Pies to pick up an extremely delicious chocolate cream pie.

After we got back from our driving around, we ate lunch and it was back to the Frio for some swimming!

I was in the river watching the kids, and some adults, jump off the large boulders. I sat there telling myself, "You know, this could be one of your 40 Before 40's." Ivy wanted to see what the big deal was. She started swimming to it and by the time I reached the rock to Mommy the situation, she was already climbing up and following her older cousin, "W." He was going to jump and she was going to watch. After he jumped, I walked her back down to the waiting arms of her other cousin, "L," while I found myself safely in the water too. 

"It's not that high." I thought to myself. "I can do it. I can show Ivy how brave Mommy is. I can show her that being afraid can be overcome. Her daddy won't believe it. It looks like fun. Yeah! Let's jump!" As an act of solidarity L jumped off, never having done it before either. And she kept jumping. 

I climbed. I looked over the edge. W jumped again. Got myself psyched up to jump. Made sure Ivy could see. A few more kids jumped. Ivy cheered me on. W peer-pressured and teased me. I looked over again at the water below. The soft cushion would catch my fall from a two-second drop. W promised to hold my hand, or just push me - whatever I wanted. Ivy cheered again. I looked over again, my hands shaking. I remembered the last time I fell from a similar height 20 years ago and broke a limb. All these other kids are jumping. 

I looked over the edge again and made my way down. The same way I came up. Later, Ivy had found a significantly smaller version of rocks and did her own jumping. 

It's okay to look your fear in the eye and say "Another day. We will meet again." I am okay with still being afraid and not ready to jump yet.

The following day, we woke up, cleaned up, packed up, and said goodbye to the Frio. 

Read More! Frio River Fun Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4