borrowed time
October 10, 2016 § 3 Comments
There isn’t always time enough to gather the minutes into record, to hold the emotions on paper while the sentiments are still chasing around my thoughts. This weekend one of my daughter’s oldest friends surprised her with a visit and I wish, more than anything, I could preserve their time with words.
Fragments of their hours together float to the surface of my attention and I smile without effort, unable to shake the joy that stuck to my daughter’s cheeks.
I can still hear the memory of my daughter and her friend singing in off-key harmony as we drove between tourist attractions as loudly as their companionable silences; those times when sitting beside one another the air sparked with the telepathy of their thoughts.
Emphatic statements of generous understanding and empathetic uncertainties, passionate optimism and uncluttered kindness. They didn’t just trade stories, they offered pieces of themselves with fiercely unguarded honesty.
They are kinder, wiser, more curious and less cautious for the sure-footedness of their friendship. Keepers of one another’s emotions entrusted to guard their memories as tenderly as their dreams.
This morning our home felt too quiet and the minutes too short for the fullness of their company and the weight of their goodbyes.
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“They are kinder, wiser, more curious and less cautious for the sure-footedness of their friendship.” Beautiful. My son has a friend that moved away and whenever they get to see each other, I feel the magic. Don’t you wish you could bottle it and bring it out on those much needed days?
No bottled magic, but perhaps the next best thing – I was able to capture my daughter’s shock and excited laughter when her friend surprised her. Watching the video I could fall into the depths of her dimples; her happiness was like a breath she didn’t even know she was holding.
I’m glad your son has been able to sustain his friendship; an old friend is a rare and beautiful gift.
Yes Marie, it is a rare moment to ‘see’ the energy of a love well made 🙂