And Now
And Now What will I do? It seems that a page has turned and the path, while not visible for very far, seems one that is of the sort that I can trod. This path of the new day, the journey that is not known but is in the known expectation. I am comfortable with this level of not knowing. It is an adventure that is absent the fear and terror that was the last section I had traveled. Life comes at you, and at times quickly. It seldom has those signs you would find on a ski slope, the Double Diamond or the Moguls, so you would at least know that you could end up a crumpled mess at the bottom when you started over the edge. Most of life is missing those types of signs. Gravity is real. Sometimes you will get a tingle in your skin, if you are paying attention, that something is up… but the rest of life comes without labels and warnings. Yesterday a 14-year-old girl was walking home from school and was hit by another 14-year-old that was driving with a school permit. While she is stil