Love

" Love is a compilation of events: the past and present welding together."

That Reprieve

Here is the thing about grief: You are going through your day, working, taking the dog for a walk, deciding on whether to eat salad or a burger for lunch.  Then a song, a memory or a smell hits you. It is not a cataclysmic thing whereby you fall to your knees in pain. It is rather this thing inside that you know might consume you should you let it. So, there are sporadic tears, very silently and quietly present as you go about your day. You feel you must hide these tears, that enough time has passed for the perfunctory time of grief. You ride out the wave and wake for the reprieve. It will come in it’s own time, that reprieve.

Folly Beach

 

The sunrise appeared instantly. Akin to when you are in that twilight sleep then suddenly, for whatever reason, arise, abruptly and fully awake. The horizon over the ocean was the darkest of night, it seemed, enhanced only by the crescent moon shining just over the horizon.  Suddenly, magically, the sky  lightens up, orange, fuchsia, yellow all at once. That sunshine rose, heralding the new day. A sense of hope, I suppose, that all things will be good. After all, orange, fuchsia and yellow could not foretell anything else.

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So, the day arrives and continues to pass either slowly or quickly depending on the tone of the day ahead.

Sunset is like sleep. It happens slowly, then all at once. Like sleep, you wait for the silence, the calmness to come. Deep purple, sky yellow and fuchsia expand over the horizon, deepening with each passing minute. The sunset pulls you in, ushering the end of the day.  Another day closes, beautifully, so beautifully.

 One Bad Day

We all have had those days where we are weary. That day when things have gone wrong and seemingly will not get better. That one bad day.  The thing is, things will get better. It is imperative that one pushes  through to get to the other side. After all, it is just one bad day out of 364 more good days.  It is just one bad day…