Nic Narrates

I got the idea from reading Alice Steinbach’s Without Reservations, which I very much enjoyed and would recommend.

So, six weeks ago I sat down with a croissant, a café au lait, and a pen and I wrote. I wanted to capture the moment, the little and the great, the feeling of being there if only for four days. When I finished my breakfast, I sent my words on their way, then promptly forgot them. Until, that is, they returned to me this past Monday, a particularly bad day…

Like a miracle, the worn paper fell from a pile of junk mail I was about to throw out. As I picked it up, the recognition was that of seeing a lost friend. It couldn’t be! But it is. That’s right, I had almost forgotten! On the back I had written:

Sunrise spot. Napping in the shade. Coffee in the afternoon at Taino. Learning the bachata. Fruit smoothies. Hablo espanol un poquito. The color of the ocean. The beach waiter, Henry, always ready with another drink. Writing “bliss” in the sand at dusk. Listening to the downpour from the balcony rocking chair. Birds at sunrise. Massage on the beach. Wiggly toes in the sand. Feeling all at once- happy. Not being able to turn and walk away.

As I read each word again, I couldn’t help but smile, remembering. And I felt grateful for even this small kindness that I’d found a way to extend to myself.

Filed under: a thing of beauty, awesomeness, creative time management, everyone should read more, fanciness, hooray for sunshine, i hate winter, in memory, just say 'when', must be a sign, nicely done, wanderlust, write on by Nic