Solitude and the outdoors have been my great loves for as long as I can remember. My mother always says there was never a time in my life when I could blend in. Easily or naturally at least. Even as a child, I always preferred hanging by myself. Don’t get me wrong, I do love people and group functions but I also prefer being alone. The downside of this part of me is that it can be very difficult to make people understand. Understand that I haven’t disappeared or been quiet because I am angry or don’t love them anymore but I am just taking life the best way I…