This week I had a bad week. Things that I didn’t think could go wrong did. I reached a new level of exhaustion that I didn’t know was possible. The planner was filled with commitments, to-do lists and reminders. This whole week was go-go-go.
But on a rare day this week, I had a small 20 minute break that I could spend with my husband. I went to visit him on campus where he is a student. We sat and talked. I can guarantee you that I was probably constantly checking the time. When it was time to go, I asked, “Walk me to my car?” As we walked, we did something we do out of habit; we held each other’s hands. “Excuse me,” a lady said, stopping us. “It is so nice to see you two holding hands. It is so nice to see young love. You don’t see that much anymore, people holding hands.” Her comments brought a smile to our faces, but soon her comments slipped away. I rushed away back to work and my husband went back to his school work. The encounter became a distant memory. But the comments swam back to me today as my exceptionally long week came to a close. I came home last night and I sighed knowing that I could sleep in the next day, sighed knowing that some of the problems from this week were hopefully unrepeatable. But I thought about what the woman said to us. I thought about how even though my schedule was crazy, I was able slip away from work to see my husband for 20 minutes. And I can guarantee you that those 20 minutes were the best 20 minutes of my day. We need to back up from all the little details of our lives and see the whole picture. Sometimes we are too close to the mess that is our lives. Sometimes our disappointments, failures, troubles seem more prominent than things that are beautiful. You need to back away and see the beauty that is sprinkled in. The irreplaceable moments that can make your day seem just a bit better. The moments you make take for granted like reaching for the hand of the person you love.
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