"You still look pretty good, " I thought as I glanced at the centerpiece that had been on my table for nearly a week. While some of her flowers were showing age, she was still a tangible reminder of a wonderful celebration of love with rarely consumed tidbits (like shrimp tacos) and endless dancing.
"You provoke so many memories," I thought as she watched me write this blog post. Yes, it seems like it was not that long ago that I was the young-un, filled with love and hope, getting married. Yes, it seems like it was not that long ago that I was the out there dancing until my blisters had blisters! Yes, it seems like yesterday that I was on the planning team.
"You, too, are changing, ever so slowly," I thought as I separated a crunchy rose from her midst. You are a reminder that living and loving means respecting that everything and everyone are constantly changing. Those little kids who used to gather around the tree in footies are now dancing with their newlywed daughters who once were wrapped in quilts I once made of love.
I am pretty sure I have never taken a centerpiece home after a wedding before, but watching it change this week has been a reminder that I guess I needed during a week with achy knees (I did dance) and both end-of-the-semester and end-of-life celebrations. It was a good thing I did, as it has been an anchor in a week with plentiful reminders that everything has to change, that is just the way it is.
I am pretty sure it takes a whole lot of faith to see beyond the changes.
I am sure those seeds that we plant along the way are promises of new life and abundant love in wonderful formats (and to music) that we might not even imagine.
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