all in a year

525,600 minutes...8,760 hours... 52 weeks....12 months... 365 days...

unexpected. pleasant. challenging. life-changing.

comprised of unforgettable moments,
comments,
exchanges,
embraces

that blend and morph into one exhilarating journey.

all enhanced in the subtle changes of who we are, and who we become.


as much as we want to believe that we set our own course in life, there are moments that are much out of our control.
i didn't plan for it. i didn't look for it. i didn't expect it.

waterfalls, cornfields, dylan, dinosaur, wicked (roadtrips), maine and lobster, pennsylvania and a cop that predicts the future, wine and mac 'n cheese, albino mice, apples, bakeries, late nights, little sleep, nyc (and again), snow and hills, ocean and sand, peaks and mountain goats, oregon cliffs and salt sea, utah to newport, ca one night, route 1, texas dinners and bread pudding, new orleans, the rockies, five days and no showers, adirondacks, north carolina, dc, chopping christmas trees, critiquing movies, roof beers, cigars, 217, red nails, red trucks and red houses, hurried mornings, water towers, skirts and trees, lakes, hot tubs and new years, colorado, and the thousand of miles in between, chicken shacks, and louisiana storms, little pink houses for you and me, papers, obscenity, back roads and groaning runs, oatmeal and honeyed grits, ireland, scotland, london, hitch-hiking, dentist visits, putt-putt and driving ranges, catch, football, hissing geese, sopranos, hot tears, laughs and toots, indecision, rummikub and losing, drunken thanksgivings, theories, travels, promises broken and kept, surprises and sea monsters.

all consuming. freeing. breathtaking.

i couldn't have asked for better. forget all the questions and uncertainty. i am here. being me. learning. breathing. changing.
for all that its worth.

with you i became myself.
that's my cue for a deep and honest thank you.