Moments to remember

Ok. So, here I am in Germany. It still feels like a surreal dream, one I don’t know that I could even will myself to come up with, even in the deepest of sleeps. I got off the plane yesterday, and could not find Matt anywhere. A little bit of panic wanted to set up camp in my mind … but don’t you worry, I didn’t let it. I had to conquer something at that point, it might as well be my thoughts.

I shrugged my shoulders (literally) and decided to walk up and down the airport terminal to see if I could find him anywhere. My thought process became “Well, he knows I’m here (and so does He), and he’ll come eventually, even if I had sent him the wrong info. I’ll live.” Peace came and I found myself pushing my cart outside and back inside a few times (probably for less than 10 minutes). Don’t worry- Matt showed up, and we both agreed that the Munich airport was no place to be worried about being stranded. Let’s be honest- the last place I’ll ever want to be stranded is at the border crossing between Mozambique and South Africa. No thank you!

We made it back to the house, after an eventful trip to find Ikea and later in the afternoon I decided to go for a walk to try and stay awake. If I was going to read, the only thing I’d find myself reading would be the back of my eye lids. As I set out, I put the music on and this song came in such a timely manner. It was the right time, the right place, the perfect moment. Thanks JG for slowly growing me out of a musical rut and teaching me to appreciate lyrics with a new level!


All this beauty (The Weepies)
You might have to close your eyes
And slowly open wide
All this beauty;
We traveled all night
We drank the ocean dry
And watched the sun rise...

You can ask about it
But nobody knows the way
No bread-crumb trail
To follow through your days
It takes an axe sometimes
A feather in the sunshine
And bad weather
It's a matter of getting deeper in
Anyway you can

All this beauty;
You might have to close your eyes
And slowly open wide
All this beauty;
We traveled all night
We drank the ocean dry
And watched the sun rise...

I can see you're new, awake
Let me assure you, friend
Every day is ice cream and chocolate cake
And what you make of it
Let me just say
You get what you take
From it, so be amazed
Whenever you stop...
You gotta be brave.

All this beauty;
You might have to close your eyes
And slowly open wide (all this beauty)
And watch the sun rise.