Life is Happening
We traveled east to Eastern University to witness our middle daughter’s graduation.
A very special day—she worked hard, pushed through, and finished magna cum laude. We are so proud of her. She deserves every accolade.
Odd to think how fast life is happening.
We get a text from our oldest daughter—she just experienced her first major contraction.
Wait. Slow down. One thing at a time.
But life isn’t linear.
It comes in packets. In clumps.
An hour after graduating, our daughter is engaged. Another packet of firsts.
They might have been a couple before, but now they’re a Couple.
Weddings. Births. Jobs. Careers. Moving.
All good things.
All exciting things.
But there sure is a lot going on.
I find myself pondering the word engagement.
I picture two gears—spinning, each in its own world. Coexisting.
Moving parallel.
And then—click. They engage.
Now they’re connected. Driving each other.
Enmeshed. Spinning in sync.
Supporting each other.
In tune, and going forward.
I think of Jean-Luc Picard: “Engage!”
No longer drifting in neutral. Now there’s contact. Motion. Direction.
Life is happening.
We are so blessed.
Blessed that they found each other in a world that does its best to obfuscate and distract.
Blessed to witness this beginning—of a lifetime.
Really, really good stuff.
