Several people have posted pictures of themselves when they first got engaged, or married. For some it is a throwback of ten or twenty years. It is almost like looking into their future, to know them now, and peek into who they were before their own history trundled them along in a football hold.
"Ah, they look so young. Unsuspecting of the three kids and four moves and five job changes about to muscle into their plans."
For some there are huge losses awaiting, but they don't know it yet.
Just as well.
The twins and I sometimes rewatch our favorite shows.... the ones with mounting danger, or suspense that had me clutching the quilt that warmed our feet. But the second time around the feelings were muted. I know how this turns out. I don't even break into a sweat. Yes it looks bad, but the problem is temporary. I know that now.
I think it is preferable to live our lives in one direction, not glancing back like a familiar rerun.
God of course knows the season finale, and seems pretty reassuring that it will all turn out well. In the scope of eternity, pain is more fleeting than the reflection of a moonlit sky.
