“I really like my life right now,” I smiled across the table at Becky.
Have you ever had a moment or a day or, if you’re lucky, weeks of clarity when you see where you’ve been and have some idea of where you’re going and it just makes sense? Life’s not perfect – it never is – but it makes sense. It’s not a view completely saturated with rainbows and blue skies but the clouds in the past and on the horizon ahead seem necessary parts of the vast landscape – the awe inspiring landscape.
That was dinner two weeks ago today.
We talked. Two adults without kids. We looked back on our five years in the music business and thought out loud about what might be next, about all the great possibilities already knocking. Book deals. Mission trips. Overseas living. Painting again. More music.
And more dinners together.
EVentually the trail of remembrance led beyond Nashville, back to Texas where we first met. Nostalgia birthed gratitude greater than any trepidation of today. We relaxed. Together. Smiled.
Peace.
After thirds on sweet tea we paid our bill, drove across the street to Barnes and Noble, bought some hot chocolate and sat on the floor between walls of books and talked some more. That’s when Becky remembered a book she’d wanted to buy for the kids and scurried off to find it, leaving me alone for five minutes.
Five minutes. That’s all. That’s all it took to stop the party and change me forever. That was two weeks ago today.
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