i'm not sure if nashville is an overlooked city by most, but for me it most definitely was/is. one city i never gave much thought to. maybe that was a product of having zero ties to the place. errrr, maybe one, my love for george strait. i figured at the bright age of thirteen every country star was from nashville. to my amazement i came to find out he was from the city i lived in, san antonio. go figure. i only listen to country on a rare occasion now a days, this being a state of nostalgia. it seems to come every august, round the corner and hits me square in the chest. with no fail every august i feel intense amounts of grief about not being home, wherever home may be. but that is for another day and another jot.
so this past weekend nashville was the destination. love and marriage was the reason for the trip. good times with a side dish of humidity were in the forecast. friends came from arkansas, new york, virginia, colorado and of course tennessee. all gathered in the name of love and the time was such a delight.
what it got me to thinking about, which i had never pondered about before, was that these people i was meeting, seeing again, stepping into their home, very well could have been my life...had i made one decision different two years ago. i almost took the "safe" route and went where i had a job and all i had to do was sign. but instead, this curious character of mine had to take a different path and head straight west for the mountains. at first, i thought i should have made the move to nashville but slowly over a period of a few months i came to realize the many reasons for why i call denver home. how it truly captured me and cracked the shutters to let my soul shine a little brighter. it is just a bizarre thought to see in the living flesh who could of been in your life and what kind of days one might have been living. this isn't about regrets or anything of the like. i think it's about choices and what's best for you/me at the time. i didn't have a huge reason and still don't for my coming to colorado. i believe it was an attraction for what it had to offer and a love for adventure. these cities, they shape us, they let us know we are alive and deeply rooted to a place, we find ties to the places we call home that live on with us forever. cities change us, give us a sense of belonging and even a future to look on to. thank you denver for serving me well each and every day. i must be honest though, my eyes may be fixed on a new horizon.
so this past weekend nashville was the destination. love and marriage was the reason for the trip. good times with a side dish of humidity were in the forecast. friends came from arkansas, new york, virginia, colorado and of course tennessee. all gathered in the name of love and the time was such a delight.
what it got me to thinking about, which i had never pondered about before, was that these people i was meeting, seeing again, stepping into their home, very well could have been my life...had i made one decision different two years ago. i almost took the "safe" route and went where i had a job and all i had to do was sign. but instead, this curious character of mine had to take a different path and head straight west for the mountains. at first, i thought i should have made the move to nashville but slowly over a period of a few months i came to realize the many reasons for why i call denver home. how it truly captured me and cracked the shutters to let my soul shine a little brighter. it is just a bizarre thought to see in the living flesh who could of been in your life and what kind of days one might have been living. this isn't about regrets or anything of the like. i think it's about choices and what's best for you/me at the time. i didn't have a huge reason and still don't for my coming to colorado. i believe it was an attraction for what it had to offer and a love for adventure. these cities, they shape us, they let us know we are alive and deeply rooted to a place, we find ties to the places we call home that live on with us forever. cities change us, give us a sense of belonging and even a future to look on to. thank you denver for serving me well each and every day. i must be honest though, my eyes may be fixed on a new horizon.
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{man o man i do love these soccer sunsets}