A couple of weeks
ago I was coming out of a grocery store – Piggly Wiggly to be
exact. It doesn’t matter where it was but it was a little chilly
outside. Now this was nothing like our recent cold snap where it
snowed just 100 miles from me in Tallahassee. I’m quite
disappointed I didn’t get to enjoy the snow like they did but
that’s irrelevant. What is important is that I looked up and felt
the sun burning my face and let me tell you, it was heavenly. I
actually stood there a moment and just took it all in.
It reminded me of so
much – the first warm day after a cold winter and hey, we do get
them up here in Northwest Florida or at least it’s cold to us. It
reminded me of being a teenager and “laying out” in the backyard
while listening to the top 40 countdown on the radio and getting a
tan or in my case, quite often a burn. It reminded me of days on the
beach where it only took a walk down to the emerald water of the Gulf
of Mexico to cool your skin or riding in the car with the sunroof
open and the sun beating down on your face while looking up at the
clouds flying by.
It reminded me of
the days when I was young, carefree, and didn’t worry about things
like mortgages, making a grocery list, or skin cancer. Where nothing
mattered on a Saturday afternoon except the smell of the tropics in a
suntan oil bottle or in some cases, baby oil which would make your
skin glisten and sizzle. Nothing mattered except having strong enough
batteries in a transistor radio so that you didn’t miss any of the
show with Casey Kasem.
It reminded me of
going back to school after spring break with a golden tan, the latest
news on what happened over the summer, and how life was more simple
when all it took was a beach towel, a radio, and a little oil to make
for the perfect Saturday.
It also reminded me
that no matter how cold life gets, you can simply look up towards to
heavens and feel the sun warm your soul.
No comments:
Post a Comment