Time Warp

Gary and I went for a walk today. It is about 72 degrees. BEAUTIFUL! After all those walks with 100 degree type weather it kinda felt a bit cool. But I liked it and so did Gary.

The dragonflies were in abundance and feasting on something we couldn't see. Then there was this one spot on the path were hundreds (or more) red ants were marching across it. Not the tiny little red ants either, these were big like a typical black ant. They looked mad about something so we didn't stay there long.

A little later there was this moment where it seemed like we could have been looking back through time at ourselves. We were coming back through the park area behind the school and there was a family playing baseball together. Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister. Brother looked older, maybe 8, and was at bat. Dad was pitching to him. Mom and Sister who looked 2-3 years younger than brother were waiting for him to hit a ball they could chase. It was like 20 years disappeared and we were staring at ourselves. Memories flooded back and I wondered if Mom and Dad knew we were even there. And if they saw us did they know that they were looking into the future where one day those two sweet kids would be off somewhere making their own lives and it would be just the two of them walking together with just their memories. Very surreal.

Gary and I reminisced more as we walked and then we were passing the tennis courts. A car pulled up and out popped Mom and Daughter with there tennis rackets and tennis balls in hand. TIME WARP. I watched the two of them head into the tennis court. Daughter looked to be about 10 years old and was smiling with excitement at getting to spend this quality time with Mom. I remembered the many hours Kelly and I logged on the tennis courts in Genesee Depot. Never really knowing exactly how to play but having a great time and often laughing so hard that we couldn't even hit the ball. Our counting at one point was only in Spanish (and didn't follow tennis rules) as she worked to learn new words for school. Again, as I watched the Mom and Daughter on the court I was passing, time seemed to disappear. What was years ago seemed like it could've been yesterday.

For a moment I thought I was going to be very sad because things are not as they once were. But I looked over at my husband walking next to me, his hair grayer than it was back then and knew all is as it should be. Life goes on, children grow, they begin their own lives. Ours doesn't stop, it gets better. I love my life right now, I don't want to waste one minute of it wishing it was different or that I could go back in time. No, I want to cherish those memories and enjoy them when they pop up but I want to be actively making new memories with this man God has given me. New memories that we'll look back at twenty years from now and just smile.

Now heading back to our apartment I notice a couple in their 70's sitting on their patio enjoying the cooler air and sipping coffee. I can see them talking and wonder if they notice us. Are they remembering back to their 50's and thinking about what they were doing back then?