Soon this quiet place called home will be bustling with the charm and chatter of arriving guests. The house and yard are being prepared for the tide of family and friends who will come to celebrate the legal and spiritual union of my son and his lovely and loving soon to be wife. While the event is days away, thoughts of things to come are giving fuel to today’s agenda of preparation and planning. Hope and desire for a joyful outcome are great motivators. All the things that have taken months of preparation are simply backdrops to the experience of those who will attend. The hope that all who are present will enjoy the celebration of life and love is the fabric that is woven with love itself. That hope gives rise to even the smallest of agenda items that are intended as enhancements to the already adequate venue. I am discovering that sometimes living in the moment involves planning for moments to come. Even the moments of limited freedom in movement compounded with aches and pains can be embraced with plans for moments to come when one or both are diminished or absent. The past gives evidence that change is all around us and awaits our weighted embrace to help it on its way.
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