I remember talking to Josh back in February after a particularly rough day - one that was hard for both of us. We reminded each other that this was just one bad day, but that tomorrow was a new day. Whenever I think back to that moment, I always think of Dicky Fox, the mentor in Jerry Maguire, saying... "I love getting up in the morning. I clap my hands and say 'this is gonna be a great day'!" Some days that is what it takes to get up.
When I saw Josh last weekend, I gave him a stack of cards to read - one for each day to get him through to May 1, when hopefully he will start receiving mail. One of the cards that I gave him referenced the sun rising and wishing a you a great day wherever you are. As I prepared to write in that card, I was reminded of the quote that I posted below his picture on the left. "May every sunrise hold more promise and every moonrise hold more peace." I realized that with the 9 and 1/2 hour difference in time, our days are fairly close to being the opposite. I wrote in the card that when the sun is rising for me that I know the day is coming to and end for him and that hopefully he would have a peaceful rest. Likewise that when the sun was rising for him, I would be sleeping and looking forward to the promise of a new day, one day closer to being with each other, and the promise for what will come.
We still see the same sun and moon, just at different times.
Wishing us all more peace in the coming months...
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Awww... this made me teary. It's a very "real" glimpse at how hard this is for you two. Thanks for sharing.
As cheesy as it is, the quote reminds me of the song from An American Tail - Somewhere Out There. I find myself singing it whenever I'm missing someone.
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