☀️ Before the World Wakes
The morning light stretches across our porch. There’s a hush in the palms and the slow breath of another Florida sunrise.
My coffee steams.
Birdsong hums low in the trees.
And inside, she’s already moving.
My wife. The mother of our son.
Thirty years of quiet, steady strength.
Not the kind that demands attention.
The kind that holds everything together without asking for credit.
💚 The Heartbeat Beside Me
I’ve led trips through headwinds and squalls.
Guided clients through whitecaps and backcountry hardship.
But there’s no expedition that compares to the journey we’ve walked together—this life we’ve built through storms and seasons.
She’s been the heartbeat of it all.
And motherhood?
She’s made it an art form.
🌿 Friluftsliv, Family, and the Woman Who Grounds It All
We live close to the earth by choice.
Friluftsliv is not a weekend hobby—it’s the air we breathe.
And she breathes it just as deeply.
She’s the one who makes wild places feel like home.
The one who remembers the snacks, the sunscreen, the why.
She’s the one who teaches our son that strength is gentle and that love can be fierce and quiet at the same time.
She’s not in the spotlight, but she shapes every step of our journey.
🔥 Motherhood in the Wild
I’ve watched her build fires, dry tears, hold space.
I’ve seen her carry more than backpacks—emotions, responsibilities, unseen weight.
She’s taught our son how to speak kindly, how to listen well, how to honor his word.
She’s taught me how to soften when I’d rather shut down.
How to rest. How to stay. How to love better.
In the wild, there’s no hiding.
And she’s never needed to.
Her authenticity is her compass.
And we follow it, whether we’re in the Everglades or our own backyard.
💫 The Ikigai of Her Love
If I live my ikigai through guiding, crafting, teaching—
then hers flows through nurturing, anchoring, uplifting.
She is what our world needs.
She is what she’s good at.
She loves deeply.
And the reward? It shows in the boy we’re raising.
In the home we’ve built.
In the rhythm of our days.
She doesn’t need applause.
But she deserves to be seen.
🌸 On This Mother’s Day…
I want to say this:
You are the spine of our story.
The map when I lose the trail.
The calm in our chaos.
The shelter in our storm.
You are the one I trust beside me—on the water, in the woods, and through the long nights of raising a child into a man.
You make this life beautiful.
You make this life ours.
To the women who carry the unseen load, guide with grace, and raise families with heart—
Happy Mother’s Day.
You are seen.
You are loved.
You are the wild soul we all need.
— Jeff Fabiszewski – Outdoor Guide, Husband, Father, Student of the Wild
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