For as much as I’m a planner by nature, I’m not big on long term plans. I know what I want, don’t get me wrong, but there is not much I long for. I don’t long for a house of my own or riches or success. Do I want these things? Sure. But I want health and happiness more. No, what I long for are fleeting moments that always seem to slip between my fingers. I long for those moments when you know you’re in the middle of something spectacular that’ll you’ll never be able to relive. This summer has been full of moments like these that I keep locked in my memory. The sad part is I already feel them slipping. The best way to describe them is to compare them to sunsets. Breathtaking, temporary, larger-than-life, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it. The band Phoenix, hit the nail on the head with their song “Love Like a Sunset”
“Here comes, a visible horizon.
Right where is starts and ends.
Oh, and then we start at the end.
Here comes, a visible illusion.
Oh, where it starts and ends
Love like a sunset.”
This summer it was:
- Getting caught in a rain storm with Mike at Disney World.
- Sitting in the living room of the cottage in Sanibel watching the World Cup with my family.
- Bocce and a fire pit in the backyard in New York.
- Being in the lake in the middle of a thunderstorm. The sound of the raindrops underwater.
- Zipping through the middle of a valley, looking out at the mountains and the tops of trees.
-Sitting in the middle of a crowded ampitheater listening to one of the coolest performances I have ever heard. Sharing that with my sister.
-Swimming the lake. Feeling the anxiety creeping but continuing to swim anyway.
-Closing my eyes while sitting by the beach, while sitting on the hammock in New Hampshire, surrounded by people I love and feeling completely at peace.
I suppose if they weren’t fleeting, they wouldn’t be as spectacular.
Oh, where it starts and ends…
Love, e
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Laurel - beautiful perfect moments.