Barefoot Walking Journal
Notes and observations from walking without shoes — different ground, different seasons, different lessons.
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1. The Beginning: Our Family's Barefoot Walking Journey
A friend's link about barefoot walking sparked something unexpected — today, our family broke ground on our first backyard barefoot path in faith.
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2. Breaking Ground
Marking and edging a 14-foot circle by the stone wall — the first physical steps toward a resting place where Mom can pause along the path.
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3. What Lies Beneath
Went back out after work today and put in another hour before the light disappeared. The circle is really taking shape now — both edges of the ring are cut clean all the way around, and you can see the full outline si…
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4. Making It Safe First
Put in more than two hours on the path this morning, and the circle is really starting to look like something now — you can see the full ring of bare soil taking shape, grass still a little rough and uneven along the…
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5. Sifting, Sitting, and Slowing Down
I went out this afternoon ready to keep sifting. A strainer in hand, I got to work turning over the soil in the circled path, shaking out anything that didn't belong.
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6. A Full Night's Sleep
Something happened last night that I have to write down. For as long as I can remember, I've woken up in the middle of the night — usually between one and two, sometimes as late as four, no matter when I went to bed.
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7. Standing Still in the Rain
Today started with a rough night. I woke up two or three times and never really settled into deep sleep.