Today, I experienced the conscious awareness of the fact that riding toward happiness feels naturally uplifting.
You see, while driving toward the west coast, we heard from both Barry and David, each of whom expressed eagerness for our arrival, suggestive of the ease with which the loving voices of our sons offer a parent’s spirit reason to smile. Make that two parents.
So many emotions are called into play on any given day. And I’m sure it comes as no surprise that happiness proves to be one of my favorites.
Having FaceTimed with my sister until a mountain range cut off contact, I readied myself for a nap, whereas Will, who’ll drive the whole way to the coast, will arrive tuckered out. So after greeting everyone with a loving smile, my husband is highly likely to seek out Barry’s huge U-shaped couch, which comfortably seats eight adults—until Papa Will, the patriarch of our family, claims four seats for himself upon which he’ll stretch out and promptly fall fast asleep. This will work well for the rest of us, as Barry, Marie, David and I will fill the four remaining seats (the boys are spending this weekend with their father), knowing that our conversation will not rouse Dr. Sleepyhead, who’d learned to sleep soundly through anything other than a medical emergency when he’d experienced 36 hour ER shifts during his four year orthopaedic residency.
Annie
PS
Earlier this afternoon, I had to stop blogging. because the GPS on both of our phones refused to speak to us, suggesting why I assumed the role of navigator, so Will could keep his eyes on the road whenever we came close to switching from one highway to another—then, having navigated our way through several traffic jams (welcome to driving, California style), we reached our destination and pulled up to the curb, right outside of Barry’s house for the first time in three years
As Will and I had been ‘parked’ inside our desert home for that length of time, I can’t believe we are actually in California, safe and sound! And though we remain masked while indoors, our sense of having been set free from solitary confinement feels as spiritually liberating to Will as is true of me!
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