I’ve had a few of these moments in life…
Ones where I seem to step outside my body and try dearly to memorize exactly how I feel in that very moment. For me these moments are never huge events or occasions but they stay with me for some reason.
One of the first I can remember was my sophomore year of high school with my best friend at the time. I had just returned home from being away for a week at a skating competition and it was a Sunday afternoon. Sundays always have that inherent bittersweet feel, but especially when returning home from a trip. Allie picked me up in her car, driving was still exciting to us and gas was not a large investment at the time, so we drove around town while we caught up. We landed in a parking lot next to the ocean in our town. Her sunroof was open and it was that first warmer day after a drawn out winter. There was almost nothing noteworthy about it, I don’t recall what we were talking about even as we laid there with the rays catching our cheeks. But it was a moment, and that feeling I bottled up. The first warm day. The bittersweet Sunday. And being young.
I had another moment a few weeks back. I was out getting a few drinks with a couple guy friends I have grown really close with this past year. They are hilarious and caring people. We were at our typical place that lacks any kind of ambiance and charm but always does the job. My friend had just put in a few dollars into the juke box as we routinely do every time to save us from the endless country music that plays there. His second song came on, something by Jack Johnson. They were telling me some outrageous story about when they younger and living together and I was laughing uncontrollably as I usually do with them. As I calmed down and they continued to babble back and forth I had that same kind of feeling. I felt so overwhelmingly grateful to be friends with them in that very moment, listening to that song, in that place that had no charm that will always remind me of this year of my life.
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And a note on blogging…
I finally feel free from the burden of feeling like I need to blog a certain amount, and I need more readers, and I need more money from blogging. So with that I really will be writing about whatever may be on my mind whenever it strikes. While I love sharing fun paleo recipes with friends, the drive to create, photograph and share them here has gotten away from me and I’m learning to be okay with that (in addition money is very tight right now, and buying all the ingredients to try out recipes was becoming unrealistic).
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Have you ever had one of those “moments”?
beautifully put. those moments are the best and ones you always remember.
those are the best moments! I have many, and usually i can remember a certain fragrance in the air. It’s nostalgic. HOLD tight to it friend. And yes, blog when you heart desires. You are that gifted.
Those moments full of true emotions… they always stay with us as if a photograph was taken of the feelings
I like your posts, how you express your thoughts and ideas and simple things. You are great at writing. That said, we always happy to see new posts whenever you feel like posting
What a nice message! It’s nice to bottle up these nice memories and feelings, and even better to experience them! thank you for sharing
I love those moments, and I love having them captured like this, to remember later!
I know exactly what you mean about those moments. I think I would have more if I stepped back and just let life happen. Sometimes I get so caught up in controlling the moment, that I miss out on what should be there.
Blog about anything you want, deary, I’ll still be reading. I love your style of writing – concise, yet well-written and conveys everything. And I love reading about your life – the crossfit, paleo meals, concerts, drinks with friends, Toms shoes and lululemon wunder unders. The simple things
I definitely have these moments. I think they are the closest that we come to being in ‘bliss’ it almost seems like we can only experience them for a few minutes before life takes over again but for those few seconds nothing else matters and you are perfectly in the moment. I have them at the strangest times – often in the most mundane circumstances, like driving the car!
This may make me sound lame, but I’m going to say it anyway… I get legit excited when I see a post of yours in my reader. Whether it’s food, crossfit, photography or stuff like this, I love reading whatever you write so you should feel free to write about whatever you want in this space of yours without any expectations.
gina this made my day so much better
Gosh, so well put, and I have had moments like that myself, where I’ll tell my inner self “savor this moment…take it all in”
I’ve definitely had them. Sometimes it feels a little like deja-vu, like you’re so happy and present in the moment that you just sure it must have happened before. Thank God for pieces of life like that, where you’re so completely centered…they get you through a lot of battered-about days.
I love it when I have those moments. Whenever I am with my closest friends and family I tend to have those moments A LOT. where I don’t want that moment to end, just want to live in that moment forever
xo
~lori
I actually had a moment like that today. It is as if you can still smell the same air, hear the same things, and feel the same feeling.. a very cool feeling.
Sitting here and reading your writing right now is a moment for me, because it captures so beautifully so many things I just haven’t let myself sit down and take time to think about. Weirdly, my moment came recently when I received a friend’s email informing me that it was March and that, therefore, he was technically allowed to plan my trip to visit him during spring break without seeming overly zealous about it. He went on and listed a bunch of things we could do, with a big smiley face for my arrival date and a sad face for my departure date. It was such a little thing, but added a real light to what’s been a really tough school year. Thanks for sharing, Katie <3
I know exactly what you mean – they just resonate. And I too had the same revelation about Paleo food blogging – it got away from me, and it was hard to accept at first. What will people think? They come here for Paleo recipes, don’t they? I’m sure I’ve lost a lot of readers because of my lack of “Paleo” blogging on a “Paleo” blog, but ultimately, it wasn’t making me as happy as it should have for the time I was putting into it. Now that I blog about everything else, I feel more myself… and that’s important.
Thanks Jenna, I agree… can’t make everyone else happy if you’re not doing it for yourself.
Beautiful post! I definitely have a few of those moments myself! It’s funny because it’s totally not the moments that I feel like it would be, looking back. You’re right. It’s the random, simple, little moments that stick out to me the most.
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