Cassi Creek: The
fundamental things apply as time goes by….
21 years ago at the beginning of a long hard winter, I
stepped off a plane and into a terminal at Washington National Airport. It was a dull gray morning, a sky that showed
no promise of improvement, a sky that overcame any brightness in the
terminal.
Then, there
was a smile that had no equal and the terminal was flooded with
brightness. That was my first glimpse of
Gloria. That smile changed my life
radically and irrevocably. The direction
of my life and the way I viewed life were abruptly swiveled 180 degrees from
their prior vectors.
Nothing has
ever been the same since I stepped off that plane and into a new existence. Now, I see that smile every morning, every
night, and many times during the course of each day. And, it never fails to light up the
room.
The years
since we first met have flown by, as time seems to compress in good times. These are the years I’d slow down if I
could. That being impossible, I’ll enjoy
them as they carry us downstream together.
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