there comes a moment when everything is ALMOST happening.....where you are forced into a holding pattern and can take a moment to just breathe. this is one of those rare moments. i'm sitting in a hotel room, 10 hours from home, waiting. just waiting. to get ready to watch one of my best friends get married to her knight in shining armor. for jake to send me his latest and last essay for school apps. and for news on the storm that will hopefully NOT affect my travel plans tomorrow.
and i'm reading the signs.....kris just happened to "uncover" this stepping stone today, while doing storm prep - and sent it to me with the caption "be the sunshine" :) a good omen for all of us, i hope.
and while at cracker barrel in tennessee this morning, i had a great moment of clarity. in all of the stress of college application, our running joke (which i've mentioned) is the blind side "it's your choice" speech. and hello - i'm in TENNESSEE....home of that "god awful orange".....PERFECT. so i got to send jake a text with me in that hate WITH the blind side quote....and his response was absolutely fantastic :) just a touch of humor to lighten the moment. and put it all in perspective.its funny somehow. we woke up this morning to COLD and rain and wind. not the ideal weather for a southern wedding. but it just doesnt matter. yes, we know that tomorrow we will all be facing the fallout - or at least the beginning of the fallout from the impending storm. flights home could be affected. honeymoon plans most certainly will be affected. but for today - this moment - it just doenst matter. today will be perfect. because today is just the beginning. tomorrow is soon enough to deal with reality. today we will suspend it, and ignore all the things we dont want to think about. today will be beautiful because we say it will.
It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later.
~Lucimar Santos de Lima
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