I had just
finished my run yesterday and was sitting in my
backyard when I smelled smoke. I looked up and
saw smoke coming over my house and I ran through it
thinking something inside was on fire. Went to the
front and saw that it was the next street over... and
it was big. I immediately called Talya who was on a
walk and started running towards the fire
contemplating just what I was prepared to do when I
saw I was hardly the first person on the scene. The
street was filled with people watching this. All you
could really do was watch...
It's an iPhone
world.
Watching it all
you can't help but think of just how quickly
everything changes. I don't think anyone was home at
the time, so they're just gonna come home to a whole
lot of nothing. It was contained pretty quickly so
that's good... but it all changes so fast. Life,
death... and more than anything? What you think
matters is re-prioritzed in an instant. The
ever-blossoming buddhist in me thinks it's one of the
best days in your life. When you lose your possessions
and realize what actually matters. It's why I'm
grateful on a daily basis of what I have in my life
and spend most of my days trying to get RID of my
things, not attain more. My Journey videos are
probably my most prized possession and they're not
even tangible. They're virtual memories that exist
everywhere.
As the smoke got
worse Talya and I realized we had to get the dogs
out of the house. The wind was directly taking the
smoke to our yard. We ran home and got the pups out of
there and walked around for a bit. Then we had to rush
to get ready to go to a wedding. Whew. In between the
ceremony and the reception I saw a posting from Cassi
on Facebook about her calling 911 because a kid just
jumped into a lake and hasn't come up. We all watched
in semi-real time in the thread as the paremedics come
and it ends up he died. Boom. Cassi talks about
holding her kid extra tight while watching it all
(yes, Smiley Girl has a kid) and it just hits you in
the stomach: in an instant. Appreciate your life
yet?
However, to end
the day...
Vinnie &
Ellie - May 26, 2012
...and one of the
nicest things anyone has ever said to us: "I feel
as happy today as you guys looked at your wedding."
Awwwww. Warms my heart. Happy people around happy
people. I'm so glad they felt the love on our wedding
day 5 months ago. Just such a sweet and considerate
thing to say to someone on their wedding day. They of
course looked stunning and overjoyed as well. I
couldn't be happier for them. Now comes the fun part:
BABIES.
