Savoring the moments
Yesterday and today the front porch was calling again to come sit outside and feel the sun on your cheeks and watch the world come out yet again to play. I saw the recent widow and wanted to approach her with my condolences but she was on her phone. This morning as T1, T2 and Loca headed to the park for some playtime, I got on my bike and rode to the lakefront with God on Sunday as my playlist. Part way there, as pelicans were hovering in the air, seagulls were calling to the air, and cars were lumbering by, Why Me Lord by Kris Kristofferson came on and I felt once again bathed in the light of the day. This was a song I wanted to play at mom’s funeral along with Love is My Religion, which I did play, as Why Me Lord sums up so much of a life filled with gratitude for the pleasures I’ve known.
In either direction the lakefront is being dug up and shored up and resurfaced so it was impossible to get anywhere. I stopped in front of the Mardi Gras fountain where my dad used to take us in the early evening to get a snowball or ice cream cone and watch the fountain change colors. There are plaques for each krewe surrounding the fountain. I’m waiting for that to be restored as well one of these days so we can bring Tin.
The sun felt so good that I lay on a bench and looked up at the blue blue sky and then I saw the chemtrail – it’s always something.