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"The Greatest Gift we can give to one another is rapt attention to one another's existance." Sue Atchley Ebaugh
"It is only framed in space that Beauty blooms,only in space are events, and objects and people unique and signifigant and therefore beautiful." Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Monday....A day of driving for errands for 6-6, looking for jeans, the obligatory trip to the orthodontics office, and searching for groceries. A normal inner city trip, 2 miles from Downtown Cleveland that should have been Ordinary turned into something Extraordinary.
As we drove home through the City on a Big City Street something Very Magical happened so unexpectedly and was shared with other drivers.....
6-6 and I were talking as we cruised about 30 mph and made our way home as the sun started to set. Suddenly the Truck in front of me and the Cars on the other side started to slow....for no reason. All of us Felt our Cars slowing, pausing.And without speaking....Cars on both sides , 4 lanes of Rush Hour Traffic, we all held our breath and stopped, as A beautiful Deer leapt across the road- Silent , Bounding. She reached the other side and stood tall, looking back at the traffic. Inside I knew that there must be young deer with her, the mother inside me KNEW that, could feel that protective tug. Suddenly , sure enough two young adolescent deer darted out across, following her path. It was amazing that all the cars held their position, no one moving, no one rushing. All of us silently praying for these beautiful fragile lives, holding our breathes, their safety in our hands.....Suspended in this Moment of Synchronicity. Time Stood Still.
As the two reached the other side darted behind houses and trees, the mother looked back one more time.....The palpable Moment, of Shared Relief, Gratitude......Being Present....Lives Connected.
*{Click the Title Carly Simon " Coming Around Again" }*
