Love goals....

Yesterday I had one of those sunbeam days I speak of......A beautiful morning watching special needs baseball....and a group of committed and caring adults that support a group of amazing young people......we got treated to lunch.....and the breeze was great, and well the sun was shining, so I will take it:) And then we came home, and headed downtown to watch my uncle's blues band......they are a talented bunch no question......the musicianship palpable in all of them......and it was great....the music was so good......and I had some moments that touched my heart as I enjoyed.....First I loved watching our town having such a good time.....a real sense of community as people walked through.....and I got to see people I knew....and it was so nice.........my kids and I share a love of music amid our other commonalities and I love that they love it like I do.....it makes things easier for sure that our bliss is aligned:) And so we listened, and bopped, and enjoyed.....and the drummer of my uncle's band has a son with special needs.....he has Down Syndrome....and she is a fierce drummer.....so talented....and he might have had the best time of anybody there......dancing.....and being near his mom.....and around her drums.....and their connection so loving and palpable....I am assuming she is a single mama too.....no dad in sight...and it was beautiful to watch her living her bliss, and having her son revel in it, in the capacity he could.....it was really beautiful......and then seeing the love and support my cousin and her partner have....she took the stage with my uncle for a song and sang.....and he was taping her on his phone, and the love he had in watching her.....the relationship they share so visibly supportive....he was so sweet applauding her doing her thang.......she killed it and it was so fun to watch.....and then my brother, and his wife, and the baby came....they got him little headphones....but kinda stayed in the perimeter to be safe.....but their little family is so sweet....and their care and concern for one another, and the baby, again so visible.....and touches my heart.....Aidan is a little heartbreaking honey:) I can always get him to grin at me when I chat him up, and really is there anything better than baby smiles and baby chats???:) I can't think of a one;-) And watching my own boy rock out.....and enjoy every note warmed my heart....he was having the time of his life.....and my Mads:) and finally towards the end I looked over and there was this old couple......maybe in their 80s, dancing on the sidewalk with one another.....a dance they had likely done many times.....and the comfort, and the familiarity, and the joy they found in dancing with one another was beautiful.....makes me teary to type that....at certain points they sort of fumbled some.....old age having its say, and they just smiled at one another.....finding their limitations amusing some but not missing a beat.....like the rest of the town just faded away, and it was only them.....and I was grateful to get to see it and feel it all......just examples of love in all its form surrounding me.....the love of the drummer mom and her special son.....my cousin and her life partner, my brother and his family, my love of my party of 3 and their love of me, the special couple on the street......and I seek someday to experience that one kind of love.....that fierce and steady and supportive one, romantically....the one that is right there....so solid....no question.....visible.....palpable......kind.....gentle......supportive.....loyal......light.....the kind that is like dancing on the street like nobody is watching, except everybody was....and it was touching hearts across the crowd......:) We rounded out the night at Backroad for a beer and some pizza, with my parents and kids.....and Mads played some corn hole....she was happy:) It was a lovely day.....one of those sunbeam kinds....the kind that makes you grateful to be alive...Lots of people commented on the way I looked yesterday too......seeing the joy and ease that lives inside of me now....and that always touches me, being able to convey how I feel in my heart on the outside........it was just a great day all around:) I am a blessed human......every day....in every way.....and beyond grateful to live this life:) Happy Sunday:) Enjoy:)