Now how many marriages that start like that and then result in a 14 year separation, with virtually ZERO communication between them, her feelings about what he did to her plus her feelings towards him of being an absentee father for 12 years result in rekindling anything ??
First love? You never know what flames lie in a woman's heart that await to be rekindled. If anything, they have a history and a child and a friendship that you will have to let run its course.
That's why I suggested ultra lightweight backpacking. It was more a metaphor than a gear checklist:
grab a knapsack and fill it with a tarp, a thin quilt, waterproof matches, the minimal amount of food to sustain you, a couple band aids, a water bottle, then walk into the woods a day and a half turn around and walk back.
Monday back to the grind, spend a couple of your free hours during the week thinking about how you can lessen your load, be more waterproof, be faster, the further you can walk the better.
