Our Town, Our Lives

Have you ever seen the play "Our Town"? The message of the play is one that has stayed with me ever since I first saw it when I was in Jr. High School. (I'm as old as dirt so that is a long time.) The main female character dies at the beginning of the play and asks to be able to say one last goodbye. She is granted the privilege of watching one of the ordinary days of her life. She remarks about how young her mother and father look. She watches herself as she lives through this ordinary day. One thing that she says is something like, "We aren't even looking at each other!"

Yesterday is not a day that I would want to come back to for an ordinary day in my life. Terry and I were busy. We were not at home. We were working on his mother's house finishing up the remodelling we have been doing. We were intent on the work and did not really talk at all. Terry was in one room and I was in another. Part of the day, for me, was broken up with visiting with Viola. I think she is really ready for the process to be over so that she can settle into this life changing move.

Although no terrible words were said. No arguments ensued. Nothing notable happened. When I pulled the covers up to my chin to sleep, I felt that something very important was missing in the day. We didn't even look at each other! On the hour-long ride home we didn't really speak. Terry was so tired he just couldn't carry on a conversation. My heart squeezed and I felt sad.

I opened this page of my life to urge you to not waste your days. I would be very sad if this were to be the last day we spent together. What a wasted last memory. We have had so many good memories and days. I think about the hurry and stress we all are in these days. If you take anything from reading my words, please remember to take time to "look at each other." I intend to wrap my arms around my weary husband when he comes in from work and tell him that he is a good son to his little mother and also a sweet husband to me. I want to look into those sky blue eyes and memorize his face one more time and see that incredible smile flash across his handsome face. He probably is too busy to realize that he misses me too, but I have to remind him...right?