Monday, March 12, 2012

just right

Greyley and Indigo
Dave and I had dinner with some old friends Saturday night. They cooked us a meal that you just had to taste to believe and we chatted for hours afterwards. We bounced between gut-splitting laughter and heart-splitting stories filled with pain and loss but also love and redemption---all in the perfect proportions. (Goldilocks would have said, "Just right.") I love those moments in life where it's safe to be exactly who you are. No pretending. No having to read messages buried beneath the actual words you're hearing. No fear. It feeds your soul and makes you feel like a soft rain just washed years of dust off your heart.

At around 9:30 we heard their daughter calling for help from the other room. Her brother had fallen asleep in her arms and she needed someone to carry him to bed. I ran for my camera and snapped this picture, partly because it might be the sweetest thing I've ever seen and partly because it was a perfect metaphor for how the whole evening felt to me. You have to be pretty darn trusting of someone to fall asleep in their arms, and I'm pretty sure if we had stayed just a little later and had been a little more tired we all would have woke up the next morning at the kitchen table rubbing sleep out of our eyes and laughing like little kids.

Thanks Lori and Nate. We love you guys.

6 comments:

  1. This is just beautiful. I love this night for you and the picture you were able to capture. xo

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. aren't they sweet? i love those kids. thanks for loving the night with me. <3

      Delete
  2. so i wrote that long ole email pouring out my heart to you and am just seeing this and realized you said it all just right. :) this: It feeds your soul and makes you feel like a soft rain just washed years of dust off your heart. sniff. yes. yes. amen.
    love you so.

    ReplyDelete
  3. and no, i'm not a robot, but i feel like it sometimes when i'm trying to figure out what those dadblamed letters are in the comment moderation! #(@$)(@*$ haha

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. i know right? i hate those things, but i also hate robot spam. or mean anonymous commenters. bug.

      Delete