If you follow me on Instagram (HeydayMelissa), you may have noticed that in recent months, I regularly post photos of things I see on my (almost) daily walks in my neighborhood. Walking has been a regular practice in my life since I was a little girl who liked to take walks around the farm in the rain. When my husband and I moved to Spartanburg, we chose our neighborhood in part because it would allow me the luxury of walking to work. The walk to the office gave me time to mentally prepare for the day, and the walk home was a tool to decompress. Since I retired from teaching, I’ve continued to make walking a pretty regular part of my routine.