I'm sitting in a hammock as I write this; one end tied to my old white van, the other to a tree I am staring at. 

I have always seen my life as a series of stories. Some exciting and compelling, others not as interesting. 

The wind is gently blowing, rocking me slightly, filling the area with the sweet scent of pine. 

What these stories do is allow me to find who I am through creating them, remembering them, and re-telling them. 

The tree begins to creak as the breeze picks up. The low, steady sound soothes my racing mind. I've had quite a bit on my mind lately, but what keeps me going are these stories. 

I begin to doze off as I run through some of my favorites. This one may not be as exciting as others, but these stories are all I have and I encourage you to find and re-tell yours.

Now that I got that out of my system, let me tell you a fun-er one (lol). 

As we make our way down this long trail to one of my favorite hot springs (you know if you watched the SlideBelts snap/insta story). I am carrying a bag with all the supplies we need: sunscreen, towels, extra diapers, some toys...you know, the essentials. On top of that, I have to carry one of the kiddos (I guess they get tired really easily). We get there and the river has overflowed into the hot spring (noooo). The long hike for nothing... but then, we notice a steady stream of steam coming from behind a tree! 

We ended up finding a new, more secret hot spring!  

To help illustrate the power and reach of social media, here's some interesting facts and statistics about Instagram:

• There are over 600 million Instagrammers.

• Of that 600 million, 400 million are active every day.

• After Instagram itself, Selena Gomez has the most followers with 117 million. Cristiano Ronaldo has 97 million and National Geographic has 75 million.

• Beyonce holds the record for the most liked Instagram with her pregnancy announcement which garnered almost 11 million likes.

• There are 16,600,000 Google searches for “instagram” per month.

• 51% of Instagram users access the platform daily, and 35% say they look at the platform several times per day.

• 95 million photos and videos are shared on Instagram per day.

• As of December 2016, there were over 282 million selfies on Instagram.

• Over 40 billion photos and videos have been shared on the Instagram platform since its conception.

• The best time to post on Instagram for the most engagement is at 5 PM on Wednesdays.

• Pizza is the most widely instagrammed food, directly ahead of steak and sushi.