Life is moving at a rate so fast that I am struggling to keep up, to hold on to the moment at hand.
I know I am blessed to have so many exiting things going on, so many celebratory events to enjoy. Think: a brand new nephew, celebrating two graduations (yay Mike and Abbie!!!), bridal showers, wedding planning galore, and, to top it all off, a move to my first home. But it’s hard to soak it all in, to really be present and appreciating the world around me.
Yesterday, my mom, Brian and I went to the Crescent to taste the menu for the reception and, as I sat there, I couldn’t help but think of how quickly my wedding is approaching and how quickly it will be gone. I started thinking about pictures I’ve seen of my parents wedding, and how I always envision their wedding day in sepia, as the color in the pictures has faded through the years. After all, exactly one week before I walk down the aisle, they will celebrate 28 years of wedded bliss. And though I have not asked them, I can almost guarantee they would tell me those years have flown by, that their wedding was really not so long ago at all.
But the pictures tell a different story. The pictures are a testament to a different time. Of course the styles and hair do’s are an obvious sign of the era, but the fading of the pictures themselves, the yellowing around the edges, the fragility that has come with age has physically marked the time weathered.
Yes, to me, my parents’ wedding pictures and memories are in a world of sepia tones, a different time; elegant and beautiful and in a world entirely removed from my own. And I am sure to my children someday, my wedding pictures and memories too, will be aged and weathered. I will look back at all the vibrant reminiscences in full color, but they will see a faded celebration of a day long ago.
It is hard to seize the moment and stop to enjoy each day, but I think it is imperative. I want to experience the vibrancy of this time, so when my kids are asking about my life, years from now, I will be able to paint the memories for them from an elegant and antiqued sepia, to an animated array of colors.
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