Thankful

Anticipation Anxiety

Rubber against roadway for two hundred and eleven miles

miles and more miles

College kids kick it on a long journey home

 

Try not to worry, momma

Just wait. watch.

Wait a little longer now.

 

Dusk settles tick tock

and at last just before midnight

Arrival and relief

 

Voices relay volleys of events and truths

expectations and hopes across this week at home

The ground shifts ever so slightly.

 

Midnight omelet sizzles and swirls

 

We settle in against each other

Plates clink against flatware

Shared meals and conversations

Hearts bump up against one another in a familiar dance

 

Days stretch out into a cadence of possible

Our souls are seated again

Smiles seal the simple joy of being under a roof

Together

Hold on a little tighter, grip this moment just a bit longer

This is it.

Thanksgiving.