It was a simple and sweet vacation.
Shopping, good food, laughter,
The USS Yorktown and Apollo 11 space capsule,
A ghost cruise under a bright summer moon.
While we were shopping at The Market,
It began to rain.
Angela and I didn’t have umbrellas or raincoats.
Rachel had a small umbrella.
Even though we were inside for most of the rain,
There were moments when we had to walk outside.
One moment in particular,
When it was raining hard and we had to wait to cross the
road,
Without thinking and probably not even remembering,
Rachel extended her umbrella to Angela and me,
And the three of us huddled close,
Protected from the rain.
Of all the moments from our trip,
This moment,
A fleeting, passing, completely unplanned and selfless
moment,
Speaks loudest to me.
Hold your people close, friends.
In good times and bad.
Eat together,
Laugh together,
Have those hard conversations together,
Experience life together.
For friends,
In all of their messy glory,
Are truly a gift from God.
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