The lesson…
For someone really well connected socially to thousands of people, I have very few close friends. I seem to be cursed in that area of life. For some reason, ever since I was a child, my closest friendships have always been transitory- in my life for a season and then gone. And almost always it’s my friends that leave for one reason or another. I’m still trying to figure out what lesson it’s supposed to be teaching me. It continues even to this day and I find myself having a harder and harder time allowing people to truly get to know me. Which is kind of funny since I am fairly candid on this blog. I’m a lesson in contradictions.
I think that’s why I loved this photo of Robyn and Brian so much. Because Robyn’s father was joining everyone in spirit on her wedding day, she chose to walk the aisle to her future husband alone. It was just her and him, with their eyes locked on each other. And while there were crowds of family and friends all around her, in that moment it was just them. When she made it halfway, he walked to meet her and together they walked to the altar in the front of the chapel. It was beautiful. Today, this photo mirrors how I feel completely. Even though there are many people in my life both professionally and personally, when it comes down to it, it’s still and always will be just Nate and I meeting halfway and walking the rest together. Maybe that’s the lesson…
Robyn & Brian’s full wedding post coming soon.
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this is one of my favorite posts ever from your words to the fantastic image.
You made me cry…. what you said here is very true… I myself feel the same… always having friends for some reason or other leaving my life, and the same goes for Alex but at the end of the day we will always have each other becuase thats how it has been…. it has always been us………
Thank you for the lesson, and know you are not the only one. I believe ( or like to) that it makes us richer in spirit to have expereinced brief and in my case very different but meaningful friendships.
Aww…I love this! Becka you are so good with words and have put into words what many of us feel so often, including myself :) I love for so many reasons that she walked down the aisle alone…and that her perfect someone was there to meet her.
Beautiful photo! And beautiful words. I think everyone feels that way to some extent.
this is exactly how i feel about Justin. i’ve had so many friends walk out of my life, but he is my constant. this photo encompasses that feeling like none i’ve ever seen. beautiful.
I just got goosebumps. Becka, we could seriously be one and the same person. I often am the same way – I have many social connections, but often feel lacking in true “best friends”. Ross is the only one who I know will be by my side always, and he’ll always be the one that I don’t have to hide any part of me from. He accepts me for all that I am, the good, the bad, the smelly, the ugly, the silly, the weirdo, the vegan, the big-hearted, the everything. Everyone else seems to be in my life for seasons…high school best friends, college best friends, etc. I consider it a rare specialty when I have a friend that I can actually stay in touch with over the years. (P.S. My family is an exception to all of this).
I wish I still lived in Orlando, because I really feel like we could meet for coffee and end up talking for hours.
I think sometimes when we get wrapped up in work we realize just what life is about. It’s not about how many friends you have, or how many vacations you go on, or how much money you make….it’s about having a few people or just 1 who are there to “meet you halfway”…to be the ones to help you through and get you to the end. I am so glad you and Nate have each other and I hope that you will always have someone to take you through the motions of life. This is what life is about…breathe it in :)