Finally!
For the first time in almost two weeks my post-longing fingers are hitting the keyboard in an attempt to write something meaningful, anything meaningful.
Although I have been blogging informally for several years, two years ago I made my writing “official” by publishing this blog under my own domain name.
In celebration of the day of the week everyone loves, Friday (otherwise known as TGIF!), it’s time to change it up a bit.
I am going to do something different to help you welcome the weekend!
Will you help me out?
Is it simply my interpretation and experience of it or does it seem as if the days fly by, one melding into another like the waves crashing upon the seashore in succession?
Have you experienced the same thing?
Have you ever made a statement similar to the following?
“I’ll be glad when the kids are no longer in diapers.”
“I’ll be glad when I no longer have to take care of mowing the lawn.”
Every now and then it does the soul good to reflect.
It’s healthy to check the rear view mirror periodically, take a deep breath, and assess the road one has traveled to arrive at the current spot along life’s highway.
These moments in one’s life are markers which simply cry out, IMPORTANT!
Locally, it is the time of year where high school drama teams will soon be performing their spring musicals.
Advertisements promoting these events are in place and it is only a few weeks until the curtain rises for the initial performances.
Footloose, The Music Man, and Children of Eden are a few of the musicals to be performed this year near our domain.
We live in a very connected world.
“Thanks for such a profound statement, Captain Obvious”, might be a thought going through your mind at the moment.
Online banking – smart phones – digital transfers – Apple Pay – PayPal – uploads, and downloads are all terms which could have jumped off the pages of an episode of the Jetsons a generation ago.
May I digress a little and share some personal thoughts with you?
If it’s OK, I’d like to kick off my shoes, get comfy, and simply relax from a reasonably trying week or so.
As I sat down to write it was like being at the starting line of a race, hearing the gun go off, and not being able to move a muscle instead of running the race.
I have noticed the billboard on several occasions during my travels over the past few months between my home and Harrisburg, seventy five miles to the south of us.
The billboards are part of an advertising campaign for a regional health insurance company.
Have you ever been to a concert or symphony where the musical experience left you speechless and overflowing with emotions, totally overwhelming you?
I’ve had this experience a few times in my life.