Mindset: Apprehensive appreciation. Lauren’s down and she and Tommy and I are going to the Monterey Zoo and Fisherman’s Grotto. And I’m riding in the back. It’s a very powerful moment to recognize their independence and maturity after being in the drivers seat for two + decades. The sentimentality of it all feels richly present and profound. The apprehension is the bitter sweet release on the idea that it’s all transitory in the big scheme of time. Yet wasn’t that the case for my own father when he played catch or took me in the early Sunday mornings to pull a wagon of assorted papers to deliver to the homes in downtown Lewisburg. Transitory yet permanent. There is a duality at play as this moment too, today, might be in their own lives.
Goals: Moderation at “the Grotto”.
Anticipation: That they read this someday with joyful reminiscence.
