Tim and I decided that we are allowed to miss things. For a spell, we were pretending to not miss anything at all. Maybe this was out of fear that opening the ziploc-sealed dialogue would permit blue feelings to escape and linger. During that time, we would only point out positive features of this place.
"Isn't the light lovely?"
"Can you believe we get to walk this street every single day?"
"I rather like the protocol of greetings here."
OK, it was a brief spell, but we really did sound kind of like that.
When you first arrive somewhere new, there is a certain pressure to appreciate and not get too vocal about missing. We have now granted one another permission to announce when we miss something or someone, and it feels kind of normal and good and real, which makes the nice stuff nicer, like when you add a pinch of salt to your cookie dough so you can really taste the sweet. We certainly didn't go around only appreciating in Chicago.
Missing out just plain stinks. Could all of you just please put your lives on hold while we're gone? Some of you think it's ok to gather, make jokes, plan weddings, hold recitals, have baby showers...even allow your children to grow in our absence, and this is unacceptable. Simply unacceptable.
Two of you (well, three, technically!) are doing something special this Saturday and it's like someone dumped a cup of salt into the cookie dough. But we celebrate you from afar...and we know that there will be much sweetness.
3 comments:
tears.
miss all of you.
xoxoxoxo
ditto, jeanne... missing you guys!
So we will wait! You WILL be back! We miss you to pieces and think of you every day. Heck Debbie and I have a saying at school now "fading out like Kendra" sometimes you don't know what you had until it was gone as the old says goes but you will be back! :) Chin up lets look at the positive I get to see a part of the world that frankly I would never have seen before through your eyes and I thank you for that! LOTS of hugs to you and we will talk soon!
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