East Alabama Living Spring 2022 Issue

T H E W R I T E
P U R P O S E
CHRISTY K. TRUITT
Turn Around
Yellowstone ’21
We turned around.
Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area have very little cell phone service.
Most of the time, you’re driving by memory from the day before. But directionally
challenged individuals such as myself (I once couldn’t figure out how I ended up at the
top of a parking deck when I tried to exit), we take a lot of rights instead of lefts.
“Turn around, Mom.”
I did.
And I am.
Read a post on Facebook that said, “No matter how far you travel in the wrong direction,
you always have the choice to turn around.”
Never in a million years would I have suspected my life would take so many twists
and turns. To land where it is today. Most occurring when I turned left instead of right.
Or vice versa. I recognize the face in the mirror but not the landscape behind it.
“Turn around, Mom.”
Okay. I do have that choice, don’t I?
We can turn this thing around. If you’re going through something challenging, sad,
disappointing, maybe, just maybe, it’s because you’re going the wrong direction.
And it’s never too late to turn around.
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