Seaglass
It’s been a while since I posted. I’ve technically been on vacation, but, as my sister noted, I work a little every day. My sister @marvelousmissyhancock and I have been on a #sistertrip. I’ve lived in Europe 22 years, but this is her 1st trip to visit me. Somehow I think she knows me better now - understands my life better having come to see how I live. The beauty. The adventure. The challenges. The frustrations. The joys. The pace. Her journey started in Paris, and we took the train south - to the Côte d’Azur. We walked on the beach gathering seaglass. Funnily, I often look for it but rarely find it. In Menton. Together. We found lots. It became our singular mission to gather #seaglass with the waves lapping at our feet. Stopping to sit in the sand. Talking to each other. She remarks often how alike I am to our father.
We sit. Sun on our face. Laughter and tears came - sometimes simultaneously- as conversation flowed. She’s my best friend. These last few years with the pandemic I’ve missed my family in Oklahoma so much. She left yesterday, and I am sad. Grateful to have had this time together. But her leaving leaves an emptiness behind. She admires me. Like I admire her. On the surface, we are very different. Me living on the other side of the world. Single. No kids. A life driven by adventure. She a wife and mother of 6 kids. And yet at heart - we are a lot alike. We are both writers. Artists. We both create beauty and bring joy into the lives of others. Our values and perspectives are similar. The same blood beats through our veins. She met my European “Framily” on this trip. She understands that their heart beats to a similar rhythm. Sitting on the beach in Menton we listen to the waves. I think about the #seaglass. Its been tumbled on the floor of the Mediterranean. Transformed into something new by time, by falls, by the pounding of the waves.
I look at my sister. Time has transformed us. Neither of us are the same as we were as little girls. We’ve had loss and heartbreak. Triumphs & joys. She tells me I’m strong and it makes me cry because I feel fragile. But like the seaglass I’m not broken I am transformed. Holding sea glass in our hands I see beauty and light.
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