MOMENTS TOGETHER

Sometimes it’s a hidden moment of calm togetherness when you realize once again all that is good around you. Not a momentous moment, just minutes all together without mulling over deep troubles, sifting through past family rifts or trying to make sense of the crushing chaos of uncontrollable events. Last weekend the extended family gathered in Northern Michigan and we had all those mentioned negative elements trying to swoop or sneak into our time together. At times the negativity won; but it is the God given moments of beauty, laughter, and connection I will remember.

We found it in our Wildwood Rush Zip Line adventure.  wildwoodrush.com  Flinging through the smooth barked beeches, majestic maples and tree-topping canopies we had no time for mind wandering. The moment was now: Hang On! Enjoy the thrill! Feel the adrenaline rush! Spy the splendor! We were wrapped up in a woods of wonder. Together.

We found it on the beach at sunset. All of us collecting laughter, connecting through silly questions: “If you got a tattoo..where would it be?” “Besides family, who would you choose to go on a cross country adventure?” No judgment, no criticism, no meandering memories.  It wasn’t the answers.  It was the mood. Together.

In a poem by Denise Levertov, “The Secret,” she writes how many readers discover different secrets, she didn’t know herself, from her poetry. 

a thousand times, till death
finds them, they may
discover it again, in other
lines

in other
happenings.

Last weekend I discovered again happiness in good family moments.  I plan to again.  A thousand times more.