I dropped the kids this morning at their mom's and decided to take advantage of the beautiful morning so I headed down to a pond I like to visit. When I got there I noticed a young newly married couple posing for their wedding pictures, he was white and she was chinese. I watched them posing, laughing and feeling so joyful. I remembered how 17 years ago my W and I posed for similar pictures and how I thought nothing could ever tear us apart. We were forever. As I watched them I felt a deep sadness inside and tears started streaming down my cheeks. I don't spend a lot of time in sadness but sometimes at moments like these that just kind of spring out at you, I feel immense pain. I walked away and stood by the pond and let the tears come for a few minutes, then dried my eyes and carried on with my morning. This too shall pass.
