Enjoy every day
I met a man the other day who I have been speaking to for many years by phone but have never seen in person. We were at a bustling bar in New York and I was sipping a glass of champagne and we were just chit chatting the way people do who have been talking about a subject for a long time but hardly ever talking about the things that matter most to a person. I learned that he found a little piece of Valhalla 25 years ago and he built himself a getaway house, which had always been a dream of his. I told him about the LaLa and the all the trials and tribulations that led to my Valhalla dream.
I sent him a photo of the bayou as seen from the dining room when I got back to New Orleans and he said he was surprised as it looked so pristine and he had expected mossy trees and spooky shadows.
I said, we have that too but it’s in the park a few blocks down.
But the last email he sent was the one that resonated most. He said, “Rachel, Enjoy Every Day.”
