the metamorphosis edition
so much has happened since my last post. i was on a mountain. i was on another mountain. i lost a dear, dear friend to cancer. indeed, i feel a bit like an entirely new person since then. the changes are perhaps subtle to the naked eye, but enough to shift my orbit completely. just a few days ago, nasa cameras caught a brilliant meteor break up into a fireball, while the remnant of an empty rocket booster slowly makes its way through the sky in the background. (video here) that meteor is the old me burning away in a final, spectacular burst. the new me is that incandescent abandoned rocket left, not empty but open. open and ready to be filled with the potential of things to come.
transformation
stay the course. one day at a time. you can make it. blessings to you, jamey.
thanks, james! i have your card on my desk. makes me smile.
You grieve for who you used to be–and you’ll never be that person again. You’re a new person now. Lovelier than before.
thank you, christine. you’re right about me grieving for who i used to be. i didn’t realize at first that was what i was doing.
Beautiful post. So sorry to hear about your friend.
thanks, p.
you’re welcome! i’m fighting a cold, but at the desk this morning for the assault on the last of the edits before the agent submissions are under way. keep going.