Hi gentle reader!( Ive always wanted to say that like Miss. Manners does)
There is so much on my heart and mind. It's really funny how life has a subtle way of reminding you of things.
Tonight, a group of people from work met for dinner. It was because today was our last day together as a group. In the entertainment business, people come and go.. A LOT! This is especially true at Disney. Every 6 months or so, a big group of entertainment folks get the chance to move to some other location(Not true of my job :-( ). Most do because it's hard to stay in one location for a longtime or some need more hours or different hours etc.
Being with the Company a couple of years, I've seen this happen a lot. Its part of the job. However, this one was different. I found myself tearing up during my last show with all of them. I tried to hold it in because I didn't want to end up looking like Tammy Faye Bakker! ( It didn't work!)
Pause... We'll come back to that in a minute. But first...
As I drove home from dinner tonight, I rolled down all the windows in my car, turned off the air, and turned Chuck Mangione's "Feels so good" on full blast over the sound system. I felt the air surround me. A mix of warm with a hint of cool. In my rear-view mirror, I saw the beautiful sun slowing descending. In front of me, I saw the Moon. Full. Just there in front of me. Saying goodnight to its brother, the sun.
I thought about Mother's day and how difficult it has been in past years. I also realized that this time last year, I wrote about the change in Seasons. Season of the earth, our hearts, our lives. I found it ironic that I was wanting to write about the same thing this evening. Without reading what I wrote last year, I just looked and this was portion of what I wrote:
There is so much on my heart and mind. It's really funny how life has a subtle way of reminding you of things.
Tonight, a group of people from work met for dinner. It was because today was our last day together as a group. In the entertainment business, people come and go.. A LOT! This is especially true at Disney. Every 6 months or so, a big group of entertainment folks get the chance to move to some other location(Not true of my job :-( ). Most do because it's hard to stay in one location for a longtime or some need more hours or different hours etc.
Being with the Company a couple of years, I've seen this happen a lot. Its part of the job. However, this one was different. I found myself tearing up during my last show with all of them. I tried to hold it in because I didn't want to end up looking like Tammy Faye Bakker! ( It didn't work!)
Pause... We'll come back to that in a minute. But first...
As I drove home from dinner tonight, I rolled down all the windows in my car, turned off the air, and turned Chuck Mangione's "Feels so good" on full blast over the sound system. I felt the air surround me. A mix of warm with a hint of cool. In my rear-view mirror, I saw the beautiful sun slowing descending. In front of me, I saw the Moon. Full. Just there in front of me. Saying goodnight to its brother, the sun.
I thought about Mother's day and how difficult it has been in past years. I also realized that this time last year, I wrote about the change in Seasons. Season of the earth, our hearts, our lives. I found it ironic that I was wanting to write about the same thing this evening. Without reading what I wrote last year, I just looked and this was portion of what I wrote:
This new season was showed today when I got into my car at 6:50 pm and I felt the breeze against my skin. This wind was The Holy Spirit, Mother, and my Godmother telling me to Celebrate that I have made it through all these seasons
It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends. Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember the love! Measure in love. Seasons of love! Seasons of love.
Wow! I feel like this is so what I needed to hear the night before Mother's day; on a day that people are moving on to a new adventure, moving on to a new Season in their life.
Tonight, the beauty of the new Season surrounded me. I'm beginning to feel a rush of emotions coming over me. I feel it all around me saying " Remember the Love! Seasons of Love!"
God loves You and me. As Godmother would say " He season-ed it just right!"
Happy Mother's day. I love you and miss you both. I'm everything I am because you loved me.
Antony
