"Isn't this the hike we took Pauly on?" Heidi asked as we crested the hill and turned onto the Ridge Trail.
I nodded. That was years ago, maybe even fifteen, but it had been several years since we had been there ourselves. As we walked along Difficult Run, I thought of the many times we had followed this route and all the good company we had had along the way: Bill, Emily, Riley, Treat, Eric, Josh, Pauly, Jessica, Tom, Amy, and so many others.
I picked up an enormous sycamore leaf and fashioned it into an angular green Peter Pan cap and placed it on my head. We laughed, remembering the autumn day we had brought our goddaughters, Allyn and Delaney, hiking here. When the skies had opened up, we all made rain hats from the sycamore leaves to keep our heads dry as we made for the trailhead.
Heidi snapped my picture and texted it to the girls, now grown women. They were quick to reply with hearts and a question. "Who is that Diva?"
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